[MD] Animals and Dynamic Quality

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Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:


> [Arlo]
> Okay. A "single animal" could at one time respond to DQ. 
> 
> 1. What it could do differently "then" as opposed to "now"? Give me an example
> of what a "single animal" could do when it had the ability to respond to DQ,
> that it can no longer do.

A combination of mutation and environment resulted in a particular animal's
response to DQ.

> 2. When did single animals lose their ability to respond to DQ? Was it when
> "man" popped up? 

No. It was when animals became static patterns. The man animal represented an 
increase in versatility and responses to DQ.  

> [Arlo]
> I believe that Pirsig was correct in saying that "it's better here" is a
> response to DQ. 
> 
> [Platt]
> Unresponsive reply. Nor have you answered my question whether you believe
> movements and unpredictable changes are always the result of DQ. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Movement that is the result of "it's better here" is the result of DQ.
 
And when does that happen? When the wind blows in a different direction or the 
tide comes in?




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