Hi All, Evolution is the 10,000 lb Tiger sitting in the room of MOQ Discuss. Ham opts for Essence. Negation is enough, is the best criterion for change. Although positive evolution is more satisfying.
Others opt for 4 levels in evolution following Pirsig's ontology in naming 4 levels inorganic, organic, social, intellectual. But Pirsig quibbles a bit and says that at the organic level the first form of reproduction is the individual cell splitting and then there were two. Then he acknowledges that the reproduction we are used to where the sperm fertilizes the egg cell and the being develops to a mature fetus in a womb and is born becoming another individual is a DQ breakthrough. I am assuming he uses DQ in the sense of a new level. Emotions are left out of the metaphysical paradigm of evolution. Yet Nicoll points out that the positive product of an intellect, an idea, can be turned negative by an emotional input. So much for ignoring emotions! Pirsig is accepted as a hero. The activities of heroes are so special and require such careful documentation that a normal question would be: How do they do that. Where did that come from? Simplest answer an awareness in a further evolution to a higher Emotional level and a higher Intellectual level in consciousness only. At least the two new levels are an explanation of why a few individuals in history are so important in their influence over our behavior. Although many times a simple negation seems to be the acceptable explanation until history (time), discussion, and changes in circumstances prove otherwise. I do not view time as a metaphysical principle like in Time/Space. J 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/md/archives.html
