[MD] Know-how - an aside

[Andre Broersen]

Platt to All:

These quotes from ZAMM suggest that Quality is a strictly individual event,
solely dependent on an individual's life experiences. It's like breathing.
Everyone
knows what breathing is, but each individual has a different breathing
experience,
especially the experience of the first and last breaths.

Individual uniqueness is a dominant theme of the MOQ, demonstrated by the
author's attention to the differences that mark the personalities of
Phaedrus,
Rigel, Lila, Dusenberry, John Wooden Leg,  and other individuals whose
understanding  of Quality varies mightily. That such disparity
gives ammunition
to Pirsig's critics goes without saying.

Andre:
Yep, Platt, keep the Qualigod, mixed in with Cartesian/Lockean insights alive (they were wrong you know!) and you will be able to maintain your political views and remain 'comfortably numb'.

Not sure if you'll get this but the Lila 'personalities' represent different evolutionary levels of value.