[MD] Patterns

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Jorge, reconstructed]
> patterns and things are identical.
> instead of saying 'pattern' one could say 'thing'.
> :. we've made patterns disappear.
> Can you detect the flaws in my logical reasoning? 

You've come to the right place.  Consider:
1) poverty and indigence are identical.
2) instead of saying 'poverty' one could say 'indigence'.
3) :. we've made poverty disappear.
If only ending poverty were that easy.  The correct conclusion would be:
3') :. the need for the word 'poverty' (or analogously, 'pattern') disappears. 
So why does Pirsig prefer 'pattern' to 'thing'?  They both record the same data.
But 'thing' (like 'object') suggests that there is only one way of looking at what we experience.
The MoQ holds there are various ways of experiencing, which is expressed better by saying there are different patterns involved.
Craig