[MD] Empirical and Historical

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt]
It's fun to watch intellect's champions trying to rationalize the value of
intellect.

[Arlo]
Not nearly as fun as watching those who don't understand Pirsig trying to
belittle it.

I mean, Pirsig is an intellectual who rationalized the value of intellect. He
placed it squarely (pun intended) atop the social level in an intellectual
hierarchy he called "the MOQ", you might want to read about it one day.