[MD] Science begins to catch up to Pirsig

[plattholden at gmail.com]

All:

Those who have read and understand the MOQ realize that science is 
often a lagging indicator. Take for example an article in the Boston 
Globe entitled "Inside the baby mind." Among the points it makes:

Babies are more aware, more conscious of the world than adults.

Baby brains can take in a much wider spectrum of sensation. They 
are more aware than we are.

Babies are able to assimilate vast amounts of information with ease.

Children are much better than adults to pick up on all the 
extraneous stuff going on.

Baby brain comes with another advantage: utter absorption in the 
moment.

In some situations it might be better for adults to regress to a 
newborn state of mind.

When we need to create something completely new, thinking like a 
baby is our best option.

So what's new? Pirsig either said or suggested all this in Chapter 9 
of Lila, summing up with:

"From the baby's point of view, something, he knows not what, compels 
attention. This generalized "something," White-head's "dim 
apprehension," is Dynamic Quality." 

You can read the article at:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/04/26/inside_the
_baby_mind/?page=full

Someday science may also catch up to the MOQ view that the world is 
a moral structure and evolves because it is good to do so. But, don't 
hold your breath.

Platt