[MD] Transhumanism

[Mary]

Hi Matt & Arlo,

Matt said:

if a philosopher is
> saying something that really is new, it will be slightly
> incomprehensible.

If it's too easy and comprehensible, then it's not
> visionary

"but that's just my opinion" which conveys the sentiment
> that participants don't really even want to be having the
> conversation.  

The reason this half-foot-in-half-foot-out approach
> exists is because participants feel bad about saying
> anything at all because they feel they are intruding into an
> area where they have no jurisdiction.  This is the feeling of
> shame that emerges from Pirsig's impossible
> antiprofessionalism.  No one has authority over anyone else,
> so you should feel bad for making an assertion of truth over
> someone else's.

In trying to dodge both his sometimes
> treatment as a prophet or lunatic, Pirsig not only authorizes
> the "just my opinion" approach, but nearly necessitates it

[Mary replies]

Since a big part of the MoQ is to say it's absolutely true that there is no
absolute truth, people are going to have to do the limbo every time they get
on the dance floor.  It would be easier to discuss whether the Earth is
flat.

Best,
Mary