DT,
> Merely learning to adapt to the dynamic, zany, anything goes, whatever you > feel culture. The first thing that came into my mind upon reading this was > exactly what I put down. No analysis, no research, dynamic stream of > consciousness gut reaction. Well Dave, I do it myself, but beyond that I do think it creates a value beyond the merely reasonable, mitigated and moderated. It's that tapping into a dynamic stream that feels right, and anyone who's read zmmm should get that. I like that extra "m", ya know. and maybe zmmm could help bo label pre-lila pirsigian metaphysics, ya never know what might be helpful or right or good until you toss it out and see how it mixes. Your particular rant against Ham, for instance, resonated with me on a fundamental level. > Will he be pissed, of course, will he be > justified, yes. But this is all about fun, polemics, rhetorical bombast, > isn't it? Just trying to fit in. > > I don't think Ham gets pissed. He's all cold, calculating and analytical all the time. He's not a whole man, ya know? But the half man he is, seems so formidible that I don't think I could even go there, it's like a baby wrestling an alligator, but the lopsidedness necessary for all that intellectual focus is it leaves the person as ignorant and helpless as a baby from the other side of being - the dynamic romantic side that looks ridiculous to the isolated intellect. Furthermore, your argument is rooted in an understanding of where Ham's philosophy can lead, what it can portend. Not what Ham is. Thus it serves a Good purpose, and offers us a rhetorical entertainment value to boot. And what does an anthropocentric cosmology portend? Intelligence locked in self-imposed prison, locked away from the roots of life and being. The ostentatious and self-creative self. It's not exactly child abuse as we normally call it, its rather the intellect's suppression and abuse of the child within. That is Ham's suffering. You nailed it, Dr. Dave. DQ is fun! 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/
