[MD] What is SOM?

[Steve Peterson]

Hi John,

John:
> What is SOM?  I've said before that it is a values-free  
> metaphysics, but is
> that ultimately true in people's lives?  Do people honestly live  
> their life
> with no value to guide them?  Of course not.  Such would be an  
> insanity.
> Since reason tells them there are no values, they supply their  
> own.  The ego
> comes to rule. SOM creates people who have no choice but to live by
> subjective values in a social hierarchy.  They end up there guided by
> pragmatic methods.

Steve:
I don't think SOM is a value-free metaphysics at all. It's just that  
SOM has a hard time dealing with values because they don't fit neatly  
into the subjective-objective scheme of things. SOM doesn't include  
the notion that values don't exist, though it does include a view of  
science as a value-free endeavor and Reason as a value-free essence.

Best,
Steve