Ian,
John, did Platt actually say > "a cosmically intrinsic directional pull toward betterness" ? > I suspect he said something more reductionist. > Platt's exact wording, I don't recall. But the import or implication of his assertions is that DQ is a direction, not merely an axis. A very crucial point, I think. Anyway - I actually doubt that directional pull is automatically > towards betterness, but it would not be a problem for me if it were. > In fact it would be ideal if it did - Idealism says it is, which is why I think the MoQ is an "Absolute Idealism". And so much is unexplained if there is no cosmically intrinsic pull toward betterness or DQ. Life is the best argument for the existence of DQ. Without some pull toward DQ, organic compounds would never make chem professors. And then we'd all be lonelier. > I suspect however (misguided, > SOMist) human ingenuity is capable of thwarting it. So the real issue > (as ever) is not whether I believe it exists, but what it takes - in > practical action - to permit it, encourage it, cultivate it .... > Well Nothing we can do or say can permit, encourage or cultivate DQ. Pirsig points this out in ZAMM; like we can't really enhance the force of gravity. All we can do is orient ourselves along the proper axis to it. 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/
