Hi Surely a rock recurs, just by going on being a rock, it repeats its rockness over time, a diachronic rather than synchronic pattern/repeat.
DM > Jorge: > Recurrence, from verb recur in its senses of: "to > happen, come up or show up repeatedly". > > In this sense of recurrence, [&$#] is Not a > pattern; neither is this: [&$#&$#&$#]. It starts to > look like a pattern only when the number of > repetitions is (sufficiently) large, like in this for > instance: > > [&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#&$#] > for here, the unit [&$#] keeps happening, showing up > or coming up "repeatedly". > > From this point of view a rock is not a pattern, a > thought is not a pattern, a pipe is not a pattern, a > value is not a pattern. In my view, an important > distinction. Ron writes for instance (in an answer to > SA): > > "DOES NOT Pirsig state that subjects, objects, trees, > rocks, You, me, are all patterns of value?" > > To which I can only say that, if he did write that, > he wasn't talking about patterns in the sense I am > talking about here; this sens reflects, I think, the > common-use sense of the word. > > Ron: > Hello Jorge, > A rock is a pattern of energy. Energy in the pattern of atoms > Repeated in its configurations as molecules. It modulates as > It repeats in time and structure radiating and absorbing energy. > It most certainly is a collection of patterns in flux. > Pirsig states that value creates patterns, all static patterns. > Rocks included as well as thoughts about rocks. > > This was the big epiphany. I still don't see why SA and Magnus > Are giving me so much resistance on this. > > > Pirsig ties MoQ with Quantum theory in his SDOV paper. > MoQ covers the entire universe. Every last bit. > > > > > > 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/ > 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/
