[MD] Chance

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:

> [Platt]
> Yes, indeed. Somehow we as humans were freed from the trap of living only in
> 
> present moment, like animals. That makes us special. To me this further the 
> supports Pirsig's theory that evolution is towards freedom -- DQ's "only 
> perceived good." (Lila, 9) 
> 
> [Krimel]
> Well yes we are "special" but cheetahs are special because they can run
> fast. Birds are special because they can fly. Fish are special because they
> can live underwater. Giraffes are special because they can eat from the high
> branches of trees...

We can "run" faster than cheetahs (motorcylces), fly higher than birds (airplanes),
live underwater like fish for extended periods of time (submarines) and eat from
high branches of trees (ladders). We're special for all those things, but mostly
we're special compared to the animals because we free from the prison of the present
moment.
 
> I think the whole idea the DQ "perceives" is completely misguided and a very
> bad reading of Pirsig.
 
I don't know how that can be a "bad reading" when that's what Pirsig wrote.
Misguided by Pirsig, perhaps. But I doubt it.



 


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