[MD] Core problemS

[Ron Kulp]

Krimel submits:
"This classification of patterns is not very original, but the
Metaphysics of Quality allows an assertion about them that is unusual.
It says they are not continuous. They are discreet. They have very
little to do with one another. Although each higher level is built on a
lower one it is not an extension of that lower level. Quite the
contrary. The higher level can often be seen to be in opposition to the
lower level, dominating it, controlling it where possible for its own
purposes."

Is: present tense of the verb "to be."

Ron:
All I can counter with is what Pirsig wrote to Paul Turner which
seems to be the most consistent with his theories.
" When getting into a definition of the intellectual level much clarity
can be gained by recognizing a parallel with the lower levels. Just as
every biological pattern is also inorganic, but not all inorganic
patterns are biological; and just as every social level is also
biological, although not all biological patterns are social; so every
intellectual pattern is social although not all social patterns are
intellectual."

Ron:
Core problem,  any insights? a consensus would be interesting.