[MD] MOQ levels

[Steve Peterson]

Hi DM,

>> Steve:
>> I think of social patterns as maintained through copying behavior of
>> others without thinking (manipulating symbols) while intellectual 
>> patterns
>> are maintained through copying rationales for behavior.  I don't see 
>> any
>> sliding scale or overlap between a rationale and a mimicked behavior.

> DM: Does that mean all language use is intellectual rather than 
> social? That
> would seem an odd suggestion.

Steve:

All language use is not intellectual. Language itself is maintained 
through unconscious copying of behavior and is a social phenomenon. As 
Pirsig commented in Lila's Child, saying gesundheit when someone 
sneezes is a social pattern. My comment was that rationalizing behavior 
is intellectual activity. "I did this because..." is an intellectual 
pattern.

Regards,
Steve