Andre: I agree with Bodvar that the S/O distinction was born with Aristotle, that it was a product of Greek culture. This is what Pirsig argues in ZMM. I am leaving the SOL intact. What I am suggesting/exploring is that this scientific understanding of reality has been adopted by the scientific community in one way and that different cultures have assimilated/ absorbed and responded ,to the effects of its attempts to control society in different ways.
[Krimel] The distinction between self and other is built into the genetic patterns of slime mold. The perception of the self as distinction from others begins in all human beings everywhere and everywhen around the age of six months. By 13 or 14 months all healthy human infants develop the ability to see the world from different points of view. They can see themselves as subjects and they can see themselves as objects. This is not an artifact of the Greek age. It is an artifact of being a human being on planet earth. The patterns that "dominate" any level are just those that work the best. But the level may contain "bad" patterns as well. 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/
