[MD] sq social - sq intellectual

[craigerb at comcast.net]

Platt,
I'm not so stupid as to ask "whether (you) agree with everything Pirsig says" nor would I believe you if you answered "Yes".
What I now wonder is why you say "the social level is characterized as the level
 of conformity."  In families, churches & governments (Pirsig's examples of the social level) there is often diversity & vigorous disagreement.  It is individuals that conform or do not conform.
Craig