[MD] Heads or tails?

[ian glendinning]

OK, Hi Krimel,

Only naive readings of Pirsig and evolution have that problem.

The shit happening is random only from a pre-deterministic perspective
- ie the individual initiating dynamic disturbances "have a life of
their own" - where these lead - towards "progress" - is a feature of
the loopy processes - loops across multiple levels with ratchets to
reduce reversals.

Ian

On 5/4/07, Krimel <Krimel at krimel.com> wrote:
> [Krimel]
> Stripped of all the tap dancing, the issue is that the idea of evolution
> operating randomly on the basis of "shit happening" is scary. People would
> rather believe anything else and they do. They want meaning. They want a
> plan. They want direction. They want someone in charge.  They will grasp at
> any straw to clutch onto some kind of purpose or head dude in charge. In the
> old days they would even sacrifice their children to appeal to some higher
> power.
>
> Platt, Ham even Pirsig it seem have this problem.
>