[MD] Bill's Intellectual Level

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk>:

> Platt misleadingly stated June 20th:
> 
> "Craftsmanship, like honor, is something individuals hold internally as
> moral goals. They come from a deep intellectual understanding of how
> the world works at its best."
> 
> Steve quickly realised the low intellectual quality of this statement and 
> then corrected it (using a supporting section from chapter 6 from LILA):
> 
> I suspected that honor was in SOLWAQI's individual level. Honor is a
> social pattern in the MOQ because it is about social recognition and
> respect. It is also is a good word for describing Rigel's values:

Honor is about truth and honesty. It's intellectual, as Pirsig makes clear:

"Truth is an intellectual pattern of values. Is science unconcerned? A scientist
may argue rationally that the moral question, "Is it all right to murder your
neighbor?" is not a scientific question. But can he argue that the moral question,
"Is it all right to fake your scientific data?" is not a scientific question?
Can he say, as a scientist, "The faking of scientific data is no concern of
science?"

Like I said, honor, honesty, truth come from a deep intellectual understanding of
how the world works at its best. You can't cheat or fool Mother Nature. 

Platt


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