[MD] Social level for humans only

[David Thomas]

On 8/27/10 1:23 PM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

> Hello Dave T,  
> 
>          Adrie had written:
>          Hence the reason why som cannot be the perfect umbrella for the
> intellectual
>          level?  
> 
> This doesn't sound like simply comparing and contrasting.  It sounds like a
> final judgement. 
> 
And how did I respond?

>[Dave before]
> To some degree RMP, and maybe all of science, over stigmatizes SOM. Given
> how little was known about the workings of the brain and its relationship to
> the body, the intuition to make this distinction has led to significant
> progress in many areas of science. So the theory is not quite perfect, shit
> none of them every are. Usefulness is about as good as we get.

If you look at the history of philosophy at any point in time, with any
particular philosopher or school, they were more WRONG than right. But out
of this overtime better and better understanding of reality has evolved to
the benefit of all. I understand you may think I spend all my time finding
ways to bad mouth RMP. But guess what? I wouldn't be to the point that I
could criticize him without him leading me into the topic in the first place
and showing me a map. For someone with such a negative view of static
patterns your fixation with Pirsig's and Bo's is hard to fathom.

Dave