[Platt]
Lest someone get the wrong impression it's well to remember that
Pirsig railed against what he called "philosophology,"...
[Arlo]
Lest someone get the wrong impression, Pirsig did NOT, as your post
implies, champion ignorance. Indeed, Pirsig has given his full
support to both Ant McWatt and DMB; both working to bring the MOQ
into the Academy. Anyone wishing to purchase the Pirsig DVD's (from
Ant McWatt's site) will see first hand the endorsements Pirsig gives
to these academics. Your accusation that they are involved in
"philosopholoy" is ridiculous.
[Platt]
There's lots of that sort of parasitic twaddle going on here rather
than what Pirsig hoped for from this site, namely, Dynamic creative
philosophy (such as
Bo exemplifies) instead of the "mind-numbing scholarly precision" of
academic philosophers.
[Arlo]
Bo exemplifies consistency in his determination to promote his own
interpretation of the MOQ, which is fine and commendable. But, as
Horse pointed out, it is important for newcomers to know that Pirsig
himself denies outright Bo's SOL interpretation. When Bo says "no one
is talking about Pirsig's ideas", what he should say is "no one talks
about my personal revision of Pirsig's ideas", which is fine and
probably mostly true.
It's no surprise to anyone who has been around for a while, but its
worth pointing out to the newcomers that there is a very pronounced
anti-intellectual sentiment here, mostly from you. It is no surprise
even the simplest of posts you submit almost HAVE to contain some
inane right-wing, anti-intellectual jab at "statists", "leftists",
"the media" and those evil "perfessers" in the "commie academy"
(basically Limbaugh's Boogeymen list).
I don't know "what Pirsig hoped for", but again since those he
chooses to interact directly with are your "evil academics", I'd have
to say it would seem as if Pirsig endorses more the work being done
by the likes of Ant and DMB then the sophomoric, anti-intellectual
"random thoughts" others post here.
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