[MD] Problems with Intellectual control of Society

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Craig]
The scary thing about David was that, while he "represented a very accurate
read of Pirsig", he was wrong about almost everything else. 

[Arlo]
I don't know "everything else" to know. I disagreed with him on some things,
though, sure. The trouble with this is that it presumes there are some people
"right about almost everything else"... and they tend (conveniently) to always
be "people you agree with"... so...

[Craig]
He was negative evidence that embracing the MoQ is a sure path to salvation.  

[Arlo]
Because he disagreed with you? I just don't see this. Instead I see a voice
which Pirsig endorsed driven away by people motivated by something other than
"understanding the MOQ". And that is "negative evidence" in my book.

And if you are suggesting the path to "salvation" is shunning the academics,
then salvation be damned, I'd prefer to listen in on the McWatt-Pirsig-Buchanan
conversation than what will fill the space without them... Because you know
that conversation is going on... how lucky for us we're not part of it... (some
sarcasm there, in case it was not transparent enough)...