I know this only requires you to look it up, but I want everyone to clarify this for a certain somebody. I say no, they are not equal. (Sorry Change_my_mind, this is probly not the kind of thread your looking for.)
Logic has no bearing on meaning or purpose. Something like the English language is full of contradiction but we still use it as a tool because it serves us in our reality just like math does.
I knew someone would pick on that first line the second I typed it. Lol. I mean only that something can be in complete contradiction with logic as we know it and yet still have meaning or purpose. There is no cause and effect relationship.
Oh my freaking god, I just realized why you think that these two things are the same. Just because you found a contradiction that you think is meaningless, therefor you automatically assume that all contradictions are meaningless. That is not the case ladyjane.
Even if there is a cause-and-effect relationship between contradiction and meaninglessness, then it would necessarily be far-removed and not apparent. I see ‘meaning’ as much more powerful than ‘logic’. After all, how logical are women when they get mad? At that point, it doesn’t matter what they’re saying, it just matters what they mean.