[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[Platt Holden]

> > [Krimel]
> > Perhaps, but that could be because I know of no field of human endeavor
> > that is more inspiring, enlightening, creative, beautiful or conducive to
> > the imagination and wisdom than science.
> 
> [Platt]
> I hope you are not dismissing the human endeavors involved in the arts as
> being of little value.
> 
> [Krimel]
> I hope I have not given that impression. To every thing there is a season.

Glad to be reassured of your worldview. Your enthusiastic description above
seemed to contradict Pirsig's conclusion about how science has negatively 
affected the human condition:

"Each individual in his cell of isolation was told that no matter how hard 
he tried, no matter how hard he worked, his whole life is that of an animal 
that lives and thinks like any other animal. He could invent moral goals 
for himself, but they are just artificial inventions. Scientifically 
speaking he has no goals." (Lila, 22)

Thank goodness for aesthetic "seasoning." :-)

Platt