[MD] Zen

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
"All of Pirsig" except that which doesn't support your socialist agenda.

[Arlo]
All of Pirsig period. You're the only one who uses one of his 
sentences to "disprove" another.

[Platt]
Yes, how ridiculous. I guess your theory is that everyone just 
starting talking all at once. How "logical" is that?

[Arlo]
In the moment, all it took was two.

[Platt]
I wonder. Can up put that in plain English? Or, are you trying to 
impress somebody?

[Arlo]
Sorry, was under the impression everyone here knows polysyllabic 
words. I'll just grunt for you from now on.

[Platt]
The someone who was first pointed to a pig and said, "Ugu." The other 
fellow pointed to the pig and said, "Ugu." From then on, when they 
wanted to think pig, they thought "ugu." Is that hard for you to grasp?

[Arlo]
They both had to realize at the same time there attention was shared, 
before anyone could say "ugu". Had it not been for this simultaneous 
mutual recognition, there would have been no pointing and no "uguing".

[Arlo previously]
No, you can stick with your I-B-I MOQ all you want, I'll take Pirsig's I-B-S-I.

[Platt]
Having given up on plain English, Arlo resorts to indecipherable 
code. Oh, well.

[Arlo]
Indecipherable code? Well, let me decipher this tough nugget for you, 
Platt. I-B-S-I stands for "Inorganic-Biological-Social-Intellectual". 
You know, Pirsig's MOQ. Contrasted with the I-B-I MOQ of Platt. Need 
help with that? Inorganic-Biological-Intellectual.