Ron: to all involved, I think it is important to realize in this discussion of artificial conditions in an effort to "maximize DQ" we must consider that our mind functions utilizing memory and connections of remembered experience in order to understand any sort of sensory stimuli. Consequently you are always going to be dealing with static patterns when it come to any sort of comprehension. I would reckon, by virtue of this, that maximizing DQ would be something akin to Alzheimer's disease in your definition. Pure access to DQ would be to not remember or retain anything about prior experience. but is this the level of awareness that is pointed to by Pirsig and the "zennies"? Perhaps, but pragmatically it doesn't do much for our situation unless what you are after is saying that Pirsig is advocating that everyone get in line for their electro shock therapy.
I think what both Pirsig and the "zennies" are pointing to is the ability to have our cake and eat it too. I mean, what good is DQ if you can't comprehend a damn bit of it? what makes the endeavor "mystical" is just this balance of dynamic/static awareness. Maximizing it suggests quantifying it and quantifying DQ is meaningless in universal terms. I hear SA and Dmb arguing much the same, a society of Maximized DQ entities, (for you can not call them human as we know the term) is not a society at all. What you would have is a collection of individual entities which would experience but would not comprehend a damn thing. what you would have is an incredible technologically complex group of goldfish. 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/
