[Platt] Pirsig's statement, "experience is the starting point" is a perceptual pattern whose meaning requires the assumption of time.
[Arlo] No. It precedes "time". "Time" is a pattern. It comes later. What you are proposing is hopelessly reductionist. [Platt] How do you know atoms don't experience time? [Arlo] I've never met one that carried a pocketwatch. How would an atom understand "time"? How would it understand "now" and "later"? It experiences only the moment. [Platt] Substitute ""experience time" for "exercise choice" in the above. Conclusion: Atoms must experience time, too." . [Arlo] Sure, I can can substitute "eat hamburgers" in that quote as well to conclude that "Atoms eat hamburgers, too." "Experiencing time" and "exercising choice" are not the the same. Its ridiculous to conflate the two. 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/
