[MD] MOQ and the Future: An Inquiry into Usefulness

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On 16 Nov 2009 at 5:02, X Acto wrote:

> 
> 
> Platt tips his hand:
> Yes, we all know that's your faith -- "Oops, life's a crap shoot" Or, as 
> Pirsig described your faith: "Each individual in his cell of isolation was 
> told that no matter how hard he tried, no matter how hard he worked, his 
> whole life is that of an animal that lives and thinks like any other 
> animal." (Lila,, 22) Yes, we're just a herd of humanity at the mercy of 
> blind fate. Sad.  
> 
> Yes, nowhere to go.    
> 
> Ron:
> Now this statement says alot about your position, you are finally taking ownership.
> Pirsig states that a metaphysics of Quality is a metaphysics of randomness

Where does he state this? Let's see a quote. 

> his breakthough is that we supply the meaning, all experience is value laden
> and meaningful. A value centered metaphysics.

We supply the meaning? What does that mean, that we create language 
and definitions? 

> Now I'm sure for you, after being raised to believe that a big brother has everything
> planned out for you, the idea of being responsible for your own meaning is quite 
> frightening.

"Big brother" is government, and it looks like it indeed is trying to plan 
everything out for us, including when we need to die.