Its all about patterns. Physical, Biological, Social, Then there are the Intellectual ones. We think out how the physical, biological, and social patterns are supposed to work and think that our intellectual patterns are superior to these other patterns. That is the us and 'em outlook; the SOM divide.
But patterns exist whether we think about them or not. The intellectual level by itself is a dead end. The intellectual level exists only because the other levels made it possible. But of course the intellectual level made us aware that there are patterns. But aware, thats all. By imposing an intellectual pattern on the other levels, we think we can shape the other patterns. But we are faced with a question: what's a good pattern and what's not. If we try to decide by ourselves at the intellectual level what's a good pattern or not, we are unlikely to find any answers there. Its a dead end. When we look outside the intellectual level to find out what's good and what's bad, we see that patterns have a "life" of their own. Even inorganic ones, especially biological ones. Also social ones. When empires rise and fall, they have a life or their own. When political campaigns catch fire, they have a life of their own. When businesses succeed and then and then fade away, they have a life of their own. We know inside ourselves, there is an ebb and flow, a beginning and an end to all things. Its like magic. Only its not. There is a Metaphysics to all these. The Metaphysics of Patterns. The Metaphysics of Morphogenesis. A Metaphysics that cannot be explained by the intellectual level, alone. For us to judge what is good and what is bad, what is of value and what is worth doing, we need a Metaphysics of Quality. That is what we are all about. Rgds Khoo Hock Aun Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
