Oh, and: Nice try.
On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:16 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > > Ah well, it's Ian who decides when an issue is too contentious > to consider a wikipedia quote. > > So all I have to say is: that's interesting. > > > > On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > >> 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 ___ 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
