[MD] Evil in the Church of Reason

[John Carl]

Hello Dan,

I like this.  I like it a lot.

Dan:

 Wrong conclusions are the hallmark of

> Dynamic Quality.
>

John:

I also like the quote you picked.  I thought I'd repeat it and offer it up
as equally valid in mailing list discussions, as well as 3x5 cards.

Pirsig:


> If he treated the pariahs well he
> would have a good system. If he treated them badly he would have a
> weak one. They could not be allowed to destroy all efforts at
> organization but he couldn't allow himself to forget them either. They
> just stood there, accusing, and he had to listen." [LILA]
>

Dan comments:
>
> Wrong conclusions are the sins of knowledge. They are touch stones
> that tell us when we make a low quality assumption about reality. If
> we ignore them, there is a weak link in our system of organization. We
> learn by making mistakes, not by being correct.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan


No, thank YOU Dan.  We learn by making mistakes, not by being correct.
 Indeed.  I oughta get a tatoo of that somewhere's readable on my body.  My
only caveat is that we have to be trying to get it right.  It'd be
low-quality indeed, to make mistakes on purpose.  It's never wrong to try.

John the trying