[MD] Quantum computing

[Case]

Platt,

The expansion of concentric circles does have metaphorical appeal. Tossing a
pebble into a still pond produces the effect. But I think it is somewhat
misleading in that it suggests that the social level encompasses all of
biology and all of physics; which it does not.

Branching suggests growth and expansion. Dependence at the "roots" but
movement and growth at the edges. It is also suggestive of what I like to
think of as the universal structure of DQ. That fractal self similar shape
that appears to us throughout nature and across multiple dimensions. 

Case

Quoting Case <Case at iSpots.com>:

> We are not really talking about "levels" at all. We are talking about
> "branches." "Level" is simply the wrong metaphor. It implies discreteness
> and independence where they clearly do not exist. "Branches" implies
> separation and continuation at the same time. It allows for self
similarity
> across scale. Branches imply mutual interdependency and complex
interaction.
> They are discrete and continuous at the same time.

A branching tree is a common evolutionary image one sees in natural history
books.
As a metaphor for Pirsig's levels it has something going for it, as Case
explains.
But the image that strikes me as having more potent meaning is that of
concentric
circles with quantum potentiality the smallest inner circle expanding out to
the
inorganic, biological, social and intellectual circles respectively. Not
only does
this show the intellectual level encompassing all below it, but it suggests
the
idea of the evolution of ever expanding experience or consciousness, an
expansion
largely ignored by materialistic science but key to an understanding of the
MOQ.


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