[MD] Science and the MOQ

[Ron Kulp]

Ian, Jorge,
I'm by no means an absolutist on this issue, I see
Quality and energy
 as
being very similar, Jorge disagrees but hey, I'm here
to alter my
perceptions. Chauvinism may be the appropriate term
for it. But every
time
I hear Quality or energy described, the description
sounds very
 similar.
Trying to get a grasp on static patterns of value in
physical terms
(is what Pirsig has led me to believe it is) is rather
difficult
 without
This metaphor. Just what exactly are static patterns
of value in the
physical universe then? What analogy is best suited
for this concept
If any?
-Ron  

Jorge: Quite glad to hear, Ron, that you are not an
absolutist in this question of Quality and Energy 
being very similar. I am afraid I am though, in more
than a way. I very much resent the tendency in our
culture to try to represent everything in the world in
terms of 'physical terms". I consider it a sort of
negative trait of our "intellectualism". 

 Ron:
'nuff said, Jorge. I'm afraid continuing this discussion
Is rather pointless if you are in an absolute static
Preconception about the topic. Explaining myself 
Would just be a waste of time, I wish you would
Of come right out and said this from the beginning.

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices." -- William James (1842--1910)