Marsha asked of Krim ... > The MoQ is based on Darwin and the Tao? Anyone besides you think > that this is so?
[IG] Yes, clearly. > First, evolution has changed considerably since the days > of Darwin's publications, and the evolution of species is quite different than > the evolution of static patterns. [IG] Clearly again, the model of evolution has itself evolved as both Darwin and Pirsig would predict and continues to do so. I see no difference in the evolutionary processes .... I regularly use the word "species" to denote any static pattern. Species are "special" in the sense of being distinct, long-lived over multiple generations, and therefore self-sustaining, repairing / reproducing over many generations .... in all levels above the organic (not just biological). Clearly Darwin didn't have the benefit of a Taoist monism at the heart of his thinking .... GOF phyisicalist scientific objectivism only .... but see above. Neither Darwin nor Pirsig, nor any of us (their interpreters) have it 100% right, that would be terminal. I tend to be less critical of that fact, but I wouldn't argue for perfection. Ian 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
