[MD] Intellectual Level

[MarshaV]

On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:35 PM, 118 wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Mary <marysonthego at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marsha asked:
>>> By the way, does a cost-benefit analysis produce quality?
>> 
>> Maybe discover it.
>> 
>> At the Biological Level I think cost-benefit ratios are a big factor.
>> Nature values the conservation of energy, or at least respects it.
>> At the Social Level an effective collaboration can be made more so by
>> efficient use of resources.  An example being an efficiently
>> functioning government vs. a corrupt or extravagant one.
>> 
>> But you could also take the question in another direction and ask,
>> "can a computer produce art?"
>> 
>> Best,
>> Mary
> 
> [Mark]
> I think Mary's and Marsha's questions depict how we view Quality.
> 
> So, Marsha's question suggest a creation of quality in much the same
> way Ham sees Value.  That is, that quality is a human construct. 


Hi Mark,

Despite the question, I do not think of quality as a human construct.  In the 
MoQ Textbook it states that "‘Static quality’ refers to anything that can be 
conceptualised..."  I don't, though, think, nor does it state, that a static pattern 
of values is a concept.


Marsha







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