[MD] The difference between a Monet and a finger painting

[Ant McWatt]

Krimel stated to Mary, January 26th 2010: 

> As for the questions How and Why I think the difference is between questions
> that can be meaningfully answered and questions that can't. Pirsig answer to
> Baggini is really just demonstrates why Baggini had to ask the question in
> the first place. 
> 
> Pirsig make no pretext at being a biologist but when some one piles up
> enough misstatements like this, it does tend to detract from his credibility
> in other areas as well.
> 
> I for one am eager to hear from Dr. McWatt on this. My question for him was:
> 
> I notice you avoided my question about the Baggini interview. Does that mean
> we are in agreement, Pirsig blew it? Weren't you the moderator or e-mail
> gatekeeper on that exchange? 
> 
> Did Baggini really give Pirsig a pass and ask no follow-up question or was
> he denied the opportunity?
> 
> Ant?





 

Ant McWatt
comments:




Krimel, I'll post a fuller answer to your last post to me when I've had time to catch-up with all the recent posts about this issue (especially those from Mary and Steve Peterson) but, in the meantime, I can confirm that Julian Baggini
was free to ask Pirsig anything.  As far
as I remember the interview just came to a natural end.  Also, I better say that the interview material (being derived from around 20 e-mails) was edited by Baggini to give it flow so his question about evolution and SOM biologists wasn't necessarily the last one.


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