Hey Andre, On 19 Nov 2009 at 16:12, Andre Broersen wrote:
> Andre: > Platt in Lila's Child, p 66: > ' As I understand it, the MoQ equates Quality with direct experience. > In turn, experience creates static patterns of value. The problem is- > how could inorganic static patterns be created unless inorganic > entities like atoms were able to experience? > > RMP, Annotation 30: > 'I think the answer is that inorganic objects experience events but do > not react to them biologically,socially or intellectually. They react > to these experiences inorganically, according to the laws of physics'. Right. Atoms experience. Consciousness is immanent at all levels. > Platt: > If atoms don't experience, at what level did experience arise? And, > how could experience arise from a lower level of no experience? > > RMP,Annotation 31: > Since experience is the starting point, it doesn't arise from a lower > level of no experience. Logically speaking, a starting point that > arises from something else is no longer a starting point'. If experience is the starting point, time is presumed. So it begs the question. "When did the starting point begin?" I don't know of any answer given by Pirsig. So I'd be interested in yours. Platt 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/
