[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 21 Sep 2009 at 9:14, Arlo Bensinger wrote:

> [Platt]
> "Everything changes" except the fact that everything changes. The 
> postmodern mind at work.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Ah yes, the "postmodern mind" that is capable of considering paradox. 
> Another little "postmodern mind at work", Pirsig, took on creating a 
> definitional system of an ever-undefined. The moment you speak, you 
> create incompleteness... the moment you examine language, you create 
> recursive paradox. When Pirsig wrote, "All this is just an analogy", 
> I am sure he was a smart enough guy to realize that this statement, 
> however, is not an analogy. But he said it anyways, I guess he 
> pre-supposed a certain level of intelligence in his audience. Finding 
> "paradox" in language is a game for kids these days, certainly not a 
> "gotcha" moment for learned adults. Sorry this continues to elude you.

Nice try at wriggling out of a self-contradictory statement which, despite 
your protestations, remains profoundly incoherent.