[MD] Intellect? Never.

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Craig]
I agree with Arlo & Pirsig that they must be modified to account for non-living
things responding to DQ. 

[Platt]
Would not accurately reflect Pirsig's view. Inorganic patterns are now too
static to respond in new ways to DQ, .e.g., the laws of physics. 

[Arlo]
I think it would reflect Pirsig's view when one considers the totality of his
writing. As to you second point, human perception of "the laws of physics"
reflects a tiny blip of perception against a cosmos billions and billions of
years old, and one that will likely continue to exist for billions and billions
of years past the time when the last human dies. This would be like a fruit fly
seeing a man sitting in a chair, over the course of its entire life, and making
the claim that based on his experience the man is too static to move.