[MD] ZMM (V. or &) LILA?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> These quotes do no deny each other. LILA does not contradict nor 
> imply in any way ZMM is "wrong". He didn't say, for example, that the 
> R/C spit was "wrong", or that Quality is no longer the best way to 
> resolve it, he simply said that although Quality healed the R/C 
> split, the R/C divide is not the best way to divide Quality. It is 
> not a denial of the former, it is an extension.

"Not the best way" means he changed his mind about the most crucial decision
in formulating a worldview -- the first division. ZMM may not be "wrong," but
Pirsig says when it comes to explaining reality, the MOQ is better. That's
why I stick pretty much to Lila. I take the man at his word.  

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