[MD] Awareness and consciousness in the MOQ

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> dmb says:
> Yes, of course, understanding what Pirsig means is going to entail a thorough intellectual analysis.

Well I don't agree, is all.  I look at the creation of a metaphysical system as more a work of art. And I don't believe one can grasp the meaning of any great work of art by thorough intellectual analysis.   In fact, I think the more you intellectually analyze art, the further you drift from its meaning. 


> The purpose of this forum is to talk about a set of philosophical ideas known as the MOQ.
> What could be more appropriate than a careful analysis of those ideas? It's like complaining about mechanical precision at the auto repair shop. These complaints are fantastically idiotic.

Well first of all, I think you project YOUR purposes as the only right and true and correct purposes which I've noticed and commented before is a common mistake you make. 

Second, If the purpose of this forum is to discuss the moq, somewhere in that discussion, the question ought to be raised, well what is the purpose of the MoQ?    It certainly cannot be simply the intellectual analysis of itself, dave. And if the purpose of the MoQ is, as I claim, to help us live a better life, then I think endless intellectual analysis takes us further from that goal rather than toward it. 

And thirdly,  FANTASTICALLY idiotic dave?  I dunno.  Slightly idiotic perhaps. Vaguely idiotic maybe. But "fantastically" just sounds petulant and childish and oh-so-youish that it makes all the rest of your diatribe for objective intellectualism ring hollow and silly.