[MD] Barbarians & Hippies

[Heather Perella]

Hello,

     Ant said:  "And that mistake (of confusing
biological patterns with Dynamic Quality) is also an
SOM error because SOM (as viewed in LILA) doesn’t
recognise Dynamic Quality!"

     I have not gotten this far in Lila where SOM is
discussed readily.  Yet, this is an interesting
comment.  I could just finish the book, which I will,
or you might make another comment about this.  The
confusion of biological patterns, as the 1960's & 70's
hippie had, was in rejection of social and
intellectual motives.  Was this attachment to biology
done because nothing else seemed to be a way out, an
escape, and subversion of the then current social and
intellectual thought of the day?  Does this have to do
with body is primal, instinct is primal and thus,
something unconscious is where the truth is only if we
can tap into that truth?  Was this the idea?

     Ant said:  "If you read my Education paper at
robertpirsig.org, you will also see that Pirsig places
academic freedom (an intellectual value) over the
economic free market (which is a social value).  And,
all I can say is thank Zeus for that!"

     I'll have to check it out.

SA

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