[MD] In Defence of Bo

[Ian Glendinning]

Joining up dots between:

(Agreeing with Arlo that) the bogey-man of recursion in a metaphysics
including its own definition is a non-problem for an enlightened mind.
And - DMB pointing out that mind is a verb.
And - Craig pointing out that "Kill Intellect" was a rhetorical
directive to SOMist intellectuals to "give it a rest" and give
non-intellectual experience a break.

And - Bo continuing his original SOLAQI riposte to Pirsig, I notice
that Bo continued his original point ...

QUOTE
Having criticized Pirsig for not having followed the light of his
first insight in ZMM I again point to the “standard procedure” as the
culprit. It’s a Trojan Horse that lets the SOM spread itself across
the static levels. Pirsig himself is of course immune to any
infiltration, but a newcomer to the MOQ will be led astray by it.
UNQUOTE

Bo wants a simplified model for "newcomers", that avoids the logical
trap of recursion, since a "newcomer" is likely to be misled by it. He
has a point. Those who are already MoQ enlightened need not argue with
Bo, you are not his target audience. In fact I have tremendous
sympathy with seeing the standard procedure (of good old fashioned
objective logic) as a "Trojan Horse" to potentially undermine MoQ for
unenlightened minds.

This Trojan Horse, that logic undermines quality, I have called
Catch-22, and I get called stupid for my efforts too ;-)

Regards
Ian