Culture Level Quotient (CLQ) 2025

Abstract

The deficiency of today’s science and mathematics becomes obvious from the point of view of the 16 Methods of Reason of Culture Level Quotient (CLQ) of post-science. Post-science has bridged the gap between mathematical and/or logical rigor and reality. The scientific method based on empirical verification is not the only method for discovering knowledge of reality. Methods of reason accept different standards of rigor under different cultures. In particular, social and life sciences involve infinity and permanence, which cannot be empirically verified, and their solutions need to be accepted based on complete mathematical and/or logical rigor. There are 16 distinct methods of reasoning that can be identified and can be used to measure the cultural level of a person or a society. The 16 Methods of Reason are the combination of the 4 basic methods of reasoning: 1) Logic, 2) Mathematics, 3) Empirical Verification, and 4) Faith, each of which has 2 forms: 1) Incomplete and 2) Complete and two types: 1) Exact and 2) Fuzzy. The 16 Methods of Reason are arranged in the order of cultural level from the lowest 1 dealing with problems of lowest complexity to the highest 16 dealing with problems of greatest complexity.