Hi Platt
Platt Holden wrote:
Seen from the MOQ the levels consist of moral codes. Codes of physics at
the lowest level try to dominate the codes of biology which in turn try to
overwhelm the codes of society which in turn attempt to smother the codes
of reason and intellectual inquiry. These conflicts between levels reveal
the harmony within each. The behavior of quantum particles is no more like
the behavior of DNA than the behavior of a political rally is like writing
a book. I find this way of viewing phenomena not only acceptable but highly
satisfying with its explanatory power. The MOQ opens up new vistas of
understanding, far exceeding the materialist's "spontaneous emergence from
increasing complexity" that says nothing about Quality.
I'm not contending the moral ramifications of the levels, nor the vistas of
understanding you mention. And the conflicts above is still quite valid with the
new set of levels, and with the way I use to reason about levels and level borders.
Problems occur when there is doubt whether something is biological or inorganic,
or some other level border. Then it becomes difficult to use morality or harmony
to resolve the issue.
Magnus
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