[MD] -elitist ideas

[Case]

[Case]
We can bend and twist words to mean whatever we want.

[Arlo]
I'm no longer really sure what we're arguing against, Case. You seem to be
suggesting that one can have the MOQ, but change none of the ways of
thinking or understanding we had previously.

[Case]
I have no problem with you using words in whatever way you want. With
sufficient effort I suppose I could learn to speak French. I choose to
retain common usage of terms where ever possible. To me calling inorganic
behavior events works. Interactions among organisms with nervous systems are
experiences. They are a subset of possible kinds of events. The distinction
retained by this terminology that is, between a complex living thing and an
inanimate lump, seems valid to me and worth preserving.

[Arlo]
Its because you are so intent of sticking with the S/O definition of "value"
(subjective experience) that it makes this recasting seem fuzzy. 

[Case]
Actually I am intent on retaining a very different definition of "value"
that is, quantity. As in, I really like this a lot as opposed to a little
bit. Using the term in the esthetic sense to describe electrons and iron
filings just does not do much for me.