Why the "Smart" cannot Start

It is a common paradox: highly logical people often struggle to approach a spiritual philosophy like Jainism, while practicing followers find its internal logic deeply rigorous.

The roadblock for the intellectual is the entry point. Logical minds demand proofs before taking a step. When they stumble upon a foundational concept wrapped in faith, they smirk and disengage. They assume everything downstream will be built on blind belief.

But they misunderstand/overlook how complex systems are decoded.

How equations are solved

The Evolution of Equations: From Words to Abstraction

Think back to how mathematics evolved. Initially, equations were entirely sentence-oriented. We used language to describe real-world problems: "If I have a total of 5 apples and oranges, and I have 3 more oranges than apples, how many of each do I have?"

Language was our bridge to the unknown. We converted real-world constraints into simple equations:

1. $x+y=5$
2. $y-x=3$

Eventually, math moved past language. We dissociated equations from tangible real-world objects to deal with pure abstraction. We stopped asking what $x$ and $y$ stood for and focused on the mechanics of solving them. By eliminating the need for constant real-world verification, we unlocked the ability to solve multi-variable systems, Polynomial equations, calculus, probability, quantum mechanics and more!

The Universe as a Cosmos of High-Order Equations

If you have four unknown variables, you need four distinct equations to solve them. If you only have one equation, the uncertainty is uncomfortable, you do get a vague boundary of possibilities, but not a clean answer.

Reality is a massive, non-linear system. It isn’t just a simple multi-variable equation; it involves exponents, probability, differentiation, and integration. There are a gazillion variables.

When facing this immense complexity, people split into three camps:

• The Comfort Seekers: They find the mathematical infinity of reality overwhelming. They choose to "just believe" and follow instructions to avoid the cognitive load.
• The Superficial Intellectuals: They demand absolute clarity upfront. Because they cannot solve the whole system immediately, and because the initial parameters require a degree of "assumed" framework (faith), they walk away. They refuse to live with the vagueness of an incomplete calculation.
• The Tireless Seekers: They realize that even a single equation provides a boundary of insight. They collect equations patiently, knowing that while Equation 1 doesn't give the final answer, combining it with Equation 2 later on will bring the picture into sharper focus.

The Irony of the Entry Point

Those governed by faith start with a blind spot, but as they dig deeper into the philosophy, they are forced to develop intense logic to parse the system. Their entry point was faith, but their destination is intellect.

Conversely, the superficial intellectual proudly claims the banner of logic but acts out of fear. They fear the effort required to deal with complex, high-order vagueness.

There is a profound irony here: the person starting with blind faith has a genuine chance of becoming a true intellectual through deep diving, while the superficial intellectual chooses to stay blind.

My ask is, don't be a superficial intellectual who is lazy or uncomfortable to live with the vagueness of dealing with multivariate polynomial equation involving complex logic, be brave, be truly intellectual and have faith not on the religion but on your logic and determination to logically make sense out of equations.

Infact I would go to the point saying that a person driven by blind faith can be better than a surface level intellectual who fears diving deep and fears living with vagueness and the effort required to deal with complex equations.
Quite ironic that the blind faith guy has a chance to turn intellectual when they dive deeper but the superficial intellectual has decided to stay blind.