[MD] SOLAQI, Kant's TITs, chaos, and the S/I distinction

[Case]

>[Case]
>Actually in the introduction to Lila's Child Pirsig says kibitzing is
>something HE seeks to avoid as a pro commenting on an amateur event.

"A kibitzer is the guy who stands behind your shoulder in a chess
match and tells you all the great moves you could have made if only
you were as smart as he is." (Robert Pirsig)

[Dan]
Years ago I owned a shop where I cleaned rugs and furniture damaged in fires

and floods. It was dark in there with only a few old lights scattered here 
and there. So one week I put up a brand new string of lights right down the 
center of the aisle. 18 of them all in a row. Boy did that light up the 
shop!

Oh, a year went by I guess, and one day one of my new employees came into 
the office telling me the lights quit working. Now I knew when I put them up

that the wire I used at the junction box wasn't rated as high as it should 
have been but I used it anyway just to save myself a trip to the store. So I

knew right away what was wrong with the lights. I was in fact expecting it.

But this kid I had working for me insisted that he knew exactly what was 
wrong and he insisted on telling me how to fix it. I listened politely, told

him he better be getting back to work, and I went ahead and got new wire and

fixed the problem.

But I have to tell you, it really irked me for that kid to stand there 
telling me how to fix those lights when he had no idea what he was even 
talking about, and whats more, he had no idea that he had no idea.

Anyway, it's sometimes best to remember who it is you're talking to.

[Case}
I know who I am talking too.

Lila's Child Intro: First Paragraph
"It is fortunate I stayed out of this online discussion of my books, Lila
and ZMM. Not many writers get to read a body of criticism of their work as
intense and diverse as this. It could never have achieved its insights and
discoveries if I'd been participating in it, dominating others with my
"expert" opinion."

Last paragraphs:

"One justification for the notes is that there are questions raised that
only I can answer and this is probably the only time and place that I can
answer them. But beyond this there are a lot of comments that can only be
classified as kibitzing. 
A kibitzer is the guy who stands behind your shoulder in a chess
match and tells you all the great moves you could have made if only
you were as smart as he is. Not a very popular thing to do, but that is
surely what is being done here. I have tried to keep it to a minimum and
passed over much that I disagree with where it does not seem to destroy the
Metaphysics of Quality, but it is still kibitzing.
After worrying about this for several weeks I finally found and ablibi.
Kibizters only interrupt current chess games and current conversations.
These discussions are now several years old and getting older every year.
They're historical. I am not talking about current philosophy but about the
philosophy of the past. That makes me not a kibitzer but a philosophologist.
As everybody knows philosophologists are not kibitzers but responsible
dedicated well liked respectable people." (Robert Pirsig)

Don't forget the wire snips, Boss.