[MD] Problems with the Academic Approach

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Pirsig:

"Remember that the central reality of the MOQ is not an object or a 
subject or anything else.  It is understood by direct experience only and 
NOT BE REASONING OF ANY KIND.(LC, Note 132 - emphasis added)
 

On 17 Apr 2010 at 11:05, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [John]
> That's the problem with Quality in an academic matrix, and it's not a problem
> with Quality, it's a problem with the academic matrix.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I think you are conflating Quality with the MOQ. Certainly, one cannot (nor
> should try) to constrain "Quality in an academic matrix". 
> 
> I think the post I just wrote in the "Philolosophology" thread addresses this,
> as you seem to be using the MOQ as a placeholder for the Quality-in-Living view
> as described in ZMM. No one, certainly not me, would say that Quality is
> something the academics "can smack their lips on like some bon-bon" (or
> something like that). But the MOQ IS an intellectual pattern (again, despite
> Bo's mired denial), and as such is about "expanding rationality", which is an
> intellectual endeavor, one that is best served by the "academic" discourse of
> people like you, Ant, Granger, DMB, Matt, Steve and others.
> 
> ZMM is about planting your garden with care, gumption and Quality. The MOQ is
> about an expanded rationality for reinterpreting experience, an intellectual
> endeavor.