Hi Craig, If what you say is true, then where does the biological/inorganic break occur? It would seem from your assessment that a bacteria would be inorganic. Please explain the difference between a house and a congress. No need to bring Pirsig in, this can be your personal stand. It is interesting to see all the perspectives on this. I have insight into the inorganic and biological levels. Others may have better insight into the social level.
A better question would be: What is similar between all the divisions in levels? What is the specific criteria which divides them, not each one, but in general? Mark On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Horse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Craig > As far as I'm aware bees and prairie dogs don't employ architects, obtain > building permission, employ bricklayers, plumbers etc. > Building a house or the construction of a housing estate here in the UK > involves all of this and is part of a social pattern. > > Horse > > On 04/12/2010 00:30, [email protected] wrote: >> >> [Horse} >>> >>> The building of a house or group of houses would be a social pattern, as >> >> per human social behaviour to stay >> > warm and protected - the building of >> nests, as per avian behaviour is to provide a place to lay eggs etc. >> >> >> >> Nope. IMHO this misses Pirsig's insight into the social level. >> Just as a beehive or network of prairie dog burrows is not a social level >> pattern, building a house or group of houses is not a social pattern, even >> if done in co-operation with other humans. >> Nor is human behaviour to stay warm and protected social, rather than >> biological. >> Only the building of a social institution should count as social, e.g., >> ownership laws, legal liability, etc. >> Craig >> 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 >> > > -- > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > — Frank Zappa > > 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
