[MD] theories of truth

[David Harding]

>> [DJH to DMB]
>> You and I are being MYSTICALLY degenerate right now discussing this intellectual thing called the MOQ but of course this degeneracy in the mystic sense is INTELLECTUALLY good. 
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>> [Arlo]
>> Question, do you think, say, either painting and/or motorcycle repair is also a "degenerate" activity?
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>> Why or why not?
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> [djh previously to Arlo]
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> Arlo, much respect.
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> Both of those activities are mystically degenerate to the extent that they're intellectual.  The more intellectual they are - the more mystically degenerate. 
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> Generally speaking (with obvious exceptions) painting is less intellectual an activity than motorcycle repair and so motorcycle repair is more mystically degenerate.
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> But, as I've been explaining to dmb, rather than focus on 'what is degenerate?' - a better thing to ask is 'what is good?'.  Both good motorcycle repair and good painting as with all good human endeavours - involve a great awareness of DQ - and thus in this sense are mystic activities.


[djh corrects himself]
Actually, they're mystically degenerate to the extent that they're static. Not just 'intellectual'.  The Code of Art isn't Intellectual vs DQ but DQ vs all levels..

"He supposed you could call it a 'Code of Art' or something like that, but art is usually thought of as such a frill that that title undercuts its importance. The morality of the brujo in Zuni - that was Dynamic morality."