Arlo: Of course, its ridiculous to propose that subatomic particles had any "intent" or "plan" to make a chemistry professor. "Chemistry professors" are the unintentional consequences of a host-load of collective activity among a variety of patterns; beginning with inorganic patterns and stretching to intellectual patterns. But "intent" is no where in this mix. Its an absurd and indefensible claim to make.
Andre: Hi Arlo, I agree that there is no 'intent' or 'plan' at the quantum level because, as you hint, this pre-supposes things that are not to be pre-supposed but, and this is just a thought (streching things a bit) what Pirsig did do with this example is implanting some sort of purpose within the MoQ's evolutionary framework.a purpose which, given the context , makes 'sense' of the existence and profession of the chemistry professor, and inviting us (if you like) to find our own purpose/ place within this evolutionary MoQ framework. Purpose within the context of finding your own dharma. Starting in your heart and head and then your hands, and then work outward from there. (ZMM,p291). (Needles to say, this has nothing to do with any form of pre-destination, intention or plan). Just a thought. Andre 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/
