[MD] Decision

[Ian Glendinning]

But ... as Bob continued ... "It's just that I see a lowering of the
quality of the MOQ itself if you follow this path" ...

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> As long as there's a suggestion to add selected quotes from Pirsig at the
> top of posts from Platt and Bo, and in the interest of presenting a fair and
> balanced opinion from the Great Author, I vote for the following:
>
> "God knows the MOQ has never had two better friends than Bo and Platt, so
> this is no criticism of their otherwise brilliant thinking." -- Robert
> Pirsig, "Lila's Child"
>
> Thanks, Bob.
>
> Regards,
> Platt
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:46 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>  I think the following should be re-quoted at the top of every post from Bo
>> and Platt from now on. Check it out.
>>
>> >From Lila's Child, Chapter 13...
>>
>>
>> Platt said:
>>
>> Bo has maintained that the intellectual level is SOM (rationality,
>> language, science). It's gradually seeped into my mind that Bo is right
>> about this. ...
>>
>> Pirsig replied:
>> I've always thought this is incorrect because many forms of intellect do
>> not have a subject-object construction. These include logic itself,
>> mathematics, computer programming languages, and, I believe some primitive
>> languages (although I can't remember what they are).
>>
>>
>>
>> Platt said:
>> After all, the MOQ is an SOM document based on SOM reasoning. ...I fully
>> agree with Bo's insight that the SOM and the intellectual level are one and
>> the same. .., the MOQ is the best S/O answer I've found yet.
>>
>> Pirsig replied:
>> I think this conclusion undermines the MOQ,..  The MOQ is in opposition to
>> subject-object metaphysics. To say that it is a part of that system which it
>> opposes sounds like a dismissal. ... I see a lowering of the quality of the
>> MOQ itself if you follow this path of subordinating it to that which it
>> opposes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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