[MD] Quick one: causation

[Platt Holden]

> > > > > [Chris] 
> > > > > Allright, answer me this, just quickly - why can't the
> explanation
> > > > > of a performed action
> > > > > by an individual be explained only in terms of physical
> causation?
> > > > 
> > > > [Platt]
> > > > "There is always this open end of Dynamic indeterminacy." (Lila,
> 11)
> > > > 
> > > > [Krimel]
> > > > So what you and Pirsig are saying here is, "Ooops"?
> > > 
> > > [Platt]
> > > "Ooops" means evolutionary changes occur without purpose. "Dynamic 
> > > indeterminacy" means evolutionary changes occur in response to
> > > something better, i.e., towards the "fittest."
> > > 
> > > The difference is well spelled out in Chapter 11 of Lila which we
> all
> > > know you summarily reject.    
> > > 
> > > [Krimel]
> > > The word is 'indeterminacy". Look it up. It means that for better or
> > > for worse the outcome can not be determined.
> > 
> > [Platt]
> > Look up the word "Dynamic" in Lila. It means good. 
> > 
> > [Krimel]
> > Actually I believe the word is left more or less undefined.
> 
> [Platt]
> "After many months of thinking about it, he was left with a reward of two
> terms: Dynamic good and static good, which became the basic division of
> his 
> emerging Metaphysics of Quality." (Lila, 9)
> 
> [Krimel]
> I know that you are impervious to it but I am often embarrassed for you
> when
> I read your posts. You treat Pirsig's texts much the way a kidnapper
> might
> treat a newspaper, chopping it up unrelated pieces and patching them
> together for perverse purposes of your own.

You ignore his texts when it doesn't support your static beliefs.