[gav] law vs lore....the aborigines can shed a lot of light on this one. you know, the etymologies must be related i reckon - law must have evolved from lore - the static vine strangling the ineffable dynamic source again.
[Krimel] Just to be annoying I thing science evolves from lore; medicine and agriculture from herbalism, astronomy form astrology... Law is unnecessary in the days of yore in the land of lore. In bands of 100 are so everyone knows everyone else. Ethics and morality are negotiated one on one. You don't need formal codes to mediate your interactions with folks you know. Laws arose with cities. When there are more people around than names you can remember that's when trouble starts. Formal codes help reduce the uncertainty we face when dealing with strangers. And just as a side note: Pattern recognition, negotiation of meaning, memory and language; the panoply of human superpowers are all aimed at reducing uncertainty. Since I think DQ is "uncertainty", I think reducing DQ at one level promotes new forms of DQ at higher levels. So I would have to say that creating and promoting Static Quality is a good thing. 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/
