[MD] Patterns

[Ron Kulp]

[Ron]
As intellect theory, intellect is not the value of the s/o divide, 
it's the value of the socio/individual divide.

[Arlo]

So when Platt quotes Pirsig, "[intellect] is the collection and 
manipulation of symbols, created in the brain, that stand for 
patterns of experience", one has to recall that for Pirsig this 
"collection" and "manipulation" is socially-mediated. It derives from 
the social level. And with that recollection in mind (pun intended), 
we can see how intellect is the point of confluence between 
individual agents and social activity. It is not about the value of 
the "individual/social divide", but rather about the value of the 
"individual/social merging".

Ron:
Well stated. Focus on this value seems to help define how the
intellectual
Level is understood. The debate may rage from there on the emphasis of 
Either. (which it usually does) the point being that it's this value
Co-dependency which defines it.