[MD] Valuing Bodvar's SIM (BSIM)

[KAYE PALM-LEIS]

Andy,

Bo's ideas and style take a bit getting used to, but I am one of the
few that thinks Bo's got it right.

Few point to note which I think you know SOLAQI --> SOL --> SIM

Frankly this latest SIM hasn't done for much or me but they are
essentially the same thing.

> So this is your dichotomy:
>
> WIM (SOM): Level 4 includes the subject/object distinction
> SIM (SOL): Level 4 is precisely the subject/object distinction

One of the major riffs has been that Bo's interpretation of Pirsig's
intellect is that it "is" SOM in it's static form, no more no less.
Other people have suggested that whoa, hold the horses there are all
kinds of thought patterns out there and that seem to be part of the
intellect therefore Bo is wrong. There are thought patterns related to
math, computer language, and a host of other things that seem to lend
themselves to what we could postulate as intellect. What Bo points out
is that SOM creates a distortion of understanding reality, something
Pirsig seems to really tease out in ZMM.  One of the distortions is
that these thought patterns related to how we view ourselves via SOM.
It is a nasty game of chasing your tail, but from my very humble
perspective SOL or now SIM, stop us from doing that.

> Your ignorant newbie,

No need to be hard on yourself.
Mati