[MD] A universe fit for man

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net>:

> Platt says:
> 
> > I take it then that your answer to the question, "Did anything
> > exist before human beings arrived on earth?" is "No."
> > If that is indeed your answer, I suggest that may be why your
> > Essence philosophy has been hard to swallow by participants
> > on this site. That's certainly the case for me.
> 
> Undoubtedly this "upside down" concept of reality defies common sense, and 
> I've avoided emphasizing it in my writing for that reason.  I confess it was 
> hard for me to swallow, until I began to take Pirsig's statements seriously. 
> But there is nothing sacred or profound about common sense, and 2000 years 
> of it hasn't illuminated us as to how the universe came to be.

Agree. Well said.

(Correction to previous post)

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