> Krimel said: Quality and "simple biological self preservation" are > one and the same thing. [AND HE SAID] So Quality in this way has a > much greater significance that "simple biological self > preservation". > > dmb says:I think these statements are at odds with each and that the > latter is better. I think they're in sync if we say "simple > biological self preservation" is a static 2nd level response to > Quality. To say they are one and the same is to explain DQ in > reductionistic, materialistic terms. If the hot stove example was > meant to be a discussion of physiology he could have just said it > was instinct and the sense of touch that gets you off the stove. > This is not wrong, so much as beside the point. Yes, he's saying > that the sense of quality is completely natural and > non-intellectual, as even Arlo's dog knows, but biological responses > to Quality are just one of the ways of responding. Not that I've > ever walked on hot coals. But I have napped in the sun.
MP: My reaction as well. If Quality really is just reflex, why bother going on about Quality? MP ---- "Don't believe everything you think." 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/
