[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:


> [Krimel]
> So you would summarize Pirsig as saying that because regular folks can not
> understand something it must be wrong?

Not wrong, but questionable. 

> It is one thing to say you disagee
> and provide a reasoned disagreement. But if in your disagreement you show
> clear evidence of misunderstanding it is hard to take the disagreement
> seriously.

That was Pirsig's and Poincare's point: the scientific explanation for the
origin of existence is not something regular folks like me can understand. So
it's questionable. I don't think Pirsig and Poincare are dummies. Do you?





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