> [Platt]
> What 90% does Platt dismiss? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> ZMM. Any part of LILA apart from the dozen decontextual quotes you post
> over
> and over.

Generalities 1. Specifics 0. No value dialogue. 
 
> [Platt]
> Do you deny that Pirsig describes DQ as a force? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> He uses this metaphor, sure. But it holds no water if you take him
> literally on
> that. He describes DQ in LILA as "the ongoing Dynamic edge of experience".
> This
> synthesizes with the philosophy he develops in ZMM. It synthesizes with
> his
> "hot stove" analogy and with the amoeba-acid analogy. When you consider
> the
> entirety of his writings, seeing DQ as an "external force" is hugely
> problematic and can't stand at all.

The question was, "Do you deny that Pirsig describes DQ as a force?
You change the question to "external force."  No value dialogue. 
 
> [Platt]
> When did DQ stop you in your tracks?
> 
> [Arlo]
> Each and every moment of every day, the zero-time of ALL experience,
> contains
> the seeds of uncertainty (DQ is the ongoing edge of experience... ALL
> experience, not "some").

Non answer. No value dialogue.

> [Platt]
> No refusal except in your imagination.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I'm sure no one has forgotten, but I can repost the questions to prove
> you
> wrong. Will do that later.

What questions? No value dialogue.

> [Platt]
> Platt has repeated many times: chance is ignorance; DQ a positive force
> for
> good.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Apples and oranges. "Force for good" is not an alternative for "chance".
> Are
> you suggesting DQ is "certainty" (as opposed to "chance")? Or that
> outcomes are
> "controlled" (as opposed to "chance")? Or that outcomes are predetermined
> (as
> opposed to "chance")?
> 
> "Positive force for good". AKA "Qualigod".

Non sequiturs. No value dialogue.

> [Platt]
> "These patterns can't by themselves perceive or adjust to Dynamic Quality.
> Only
> a living being can do that." The context does not include plants and
> animals. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Was there ever a point in time when NOTHING could respond to DQ? If not,
> what
> responded to DQ before "man"? Say during the Jurassic? Give any example
> from
> the archeological record of something pre-man that was responding to DQ,
> that
> that thing can also no longer do.

Ignores Chapter 11 of Lila. No value dialogue. 

> [Platt]
> How can Platt reveal what he doesn't have? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Coward. Your words speak loudly.

Ad hominem attack. No value dialogue. 

> [Platt]
> Platt merely reciprocates your evil ad hominems. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Nice try. But wrong. As everyone sees.

No supporting evidence. No value dialogue. 
 
> [Platt]
> Welcome to world of lies, half-truths and unsupported assertions  -- a
> world
> lacking any dialogic value whatsoever. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Yes, that describes you to a "T".

Infamous "pee-wee" maneuver comes back to bite ass. You've proved my point: 
no value dialogue whatsoever. Thus, a complete waste of time to respond to 
any of your posts in the future.  
 
.

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