[MD] Capitalism: my experience

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hey John, 

Your peace of mind is well earned. You made a value judgement -- "It's 
just enough." 

We've found the MOQ world, a happy place.     

Platt


On 1 Mar 2010 at 18:05, John Carl wrote:

Platt,

Let me take you to my happy place.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:06 AM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey John C,
>
>
> Thinking about thinking is just the beginning of a limitless trip to
> infinity
> and beyond. In reading your post I started thinking about thinking about
> thinking. And as I write this I'm thinking about the statement "thinking
> about thinking about thinking." It just keeps expanding ad infinitum,
> spilling out of the intellectual level into an abyss of vacuity.
>
> Not a happy place to be.
>
> Platt


He didn't stick around long enough to remember his name, but he 
played a
mean accordion and said one thing that stuck with me concerning how 
many
mirrors you need for self-reflection.  Do you remember the answer?  I 
do.
 It's "just enough".

Royce alludes to this in his theory of interpretation:

"Interpetation is that form of cognition involved in the knowledge of 
mind.
When a man clarifies his own interests and meanings and acquires 
knowledge
of his self, he is interpreting.


Whereas perception and conception are dyadic relations--of perceiver to
immediate datum and conceiver to abstract universal--interpretation is
triadic even in its elementary exemplification."

All interpretations are capable of infinite regress, just as all phenomena
are capable of infinite hypothesis.  So where do you stop?

When you've got enough.

Think of 1.9999999999.  When do I give you enough "9"s to make you 
see
"two"?   Thus Royce's theory of interpretation, combined with Pirsig's
insight into "peace of mind" provide everything one needs, I'd say,  to
metaphysically deal with Reality.

And if I'm wrong, don't tell me.  I have peace of mind and doubting my
explanation would just ruin it.


John