[MD] Taking Words Seriously

[Steven Peterson]

dmb:
> I like to think that Pirsig's hot stove example was meant to be humorous. He's saying that DQ is not some crypto-religious metaphysical abstraction. Instead, in this analogy, DQ is just your own sweet ass. Things can't get much more down to earth than that. In this case, there is nothing "dim" about apprehending that situation. I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I think it's funny.

Steve:
My personal favorite of Pirsig's many little jokes (he is such a
card!) is the one in the afterword of ZAMM where he says the MOQ "has
been properly understood by very few. Let me also recommend
www.moq.org on the Internet, a group that is among those few who
understand it."

LOL. That one just kills me.