[MD] Intellect's Symposium

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Hi Andre

27 Jan.:

[Bo] before
> The 4th level as the VALUE of the S/O distinction I hold as
> self-evident as the American Founding Fathers did the equality of all
> people.
 
Andre:
> The founding fathers were inspired and guided by the philosophy of John
> Locke, who based his philosophy on the scientific discoveries of Isaac
> Newton with whom he shared a close friendship. The philosophy, as well
> as the scientific foundations upon which it rests has been found
> wanting. There are internal contradictions, blatant misconceptions and
> severe problems found. These were exposed by the theory of relativity
> and subsequent investigations at the quantum level...where it was found
> that nothing is self-evident. Self- evident as analogous to 'common-
> sense' which, as Einstein has pointed out in Pirsig's book is a set of
> prejudices formed before the age of eighteen. 

I should have limited myself to say that "The 4th. level  ... etc." is self-
evident from MOQ's premises, but trust me never to know when to 
stop. The point is - as you say - that from intellect's somish, scientific 
objective view the equality of all humans is self-evident. And you need 
not lecture me about the failures of intellect in its its metaphysical - 
SOM -l role, but as self-evident is it that we must not jettison the 
VALUE of the objective attitude. Here the SOL interpretation (intellect-
as-the-static-value-of-the-S/O-distinction) does the trick. Regrettably 
you did not understand, but a MOQ that abandons rationality because 
the New Physics (by Relativity &  Quantum Mech) has revealed that 
the "self-evidence" of SOM (in the its metaphysical capacity) is proved 
wrong .... that this is seen as a pretext to join some woolly  mysticism. 
Well, this is the drunkard falling into the right side ditch. The 
academicals - DMB - is the same drunkard falling into the left side 
ditch. While the this sole sober SOList walks steadily down the middle 
of the road. 

Bodvar