[MD] Why does Pirsig write everybody's right about mind and matter although his theses imply the opposite?

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Dan,

> Dan:
> According to the MOQ, ideas come before matter. Thus, matter is
> contained in static intellectual patterns. But it is a good idea to
> believe matter comes first. Thus, mind is contained in static
> inorganic patterns. So, instead of saying the subjective emerges from
> the objective, it is the other way around. The objective emerges from
> the subjective. Therefore, there is no contradiction. All schools are
> right on the mind-matter question.

Please provide sources for your dubious claim, according to which the  
MOQ states that ideas come before matter. In chapter 12 of LILA Pirsig  
writes:

"Ideas are patterns of value. They are at a higher level of evolution  
than social patterns of value."

A higher level of evolution does not come before a lower level of evolution.

Protozoa came before humans. What kind of ideas did they fathom?

Regards,
Tuk