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The logic is based on the concept that rather than the universe being &#8220;binary&#8221; (black or white, yes or no, i.e., the logic of the Western world), everything is a matter of degree (shades of gray, &#8220;sometimes&#8221;, &#8220;maybe&#8221;, i.e., the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fuzzy logic - Definition of Fuzzy logic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mathematical principles that take vague information and from it obtain reasonably precise decisions, using neurocomputers. 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