Hi Dan, On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dan: > Well, to my mind, the MOQ states that a chair, like anything else, is > composed of patterns of value. > [Mark] I wonder whether the concept of a chair being composed of patterns of value is useful as an analogy. It seems to me to be misleading; not to you, since you grasp the essence of Quality, but to others. Certainly such an analogy can be used as one of the bricks of MoQ, but when brought up out of context it may be deceiving. The phrase would seem to indicate that the building blocks of an object is Quality, in the same way bricks are to a building, or atoms are to a brick. However, while Quality can bring forth attributes, it should not be considered the essence of objects. Objects cannot contain Quality; Quality is better considered as a differential phenomenon. Objects are a metaphor for Quality. A book of words about World War II is not the actual war, nor is it its essence. That Quality could be considered the substance of objects provides some with misdirection. For example, my pen pal Ham is seduced by that kind of statement to literally imagine little bits of Quality making up an object. Of course he and others would dismiss such a consideration, and such a notion imparts a false conjecture which cannot be supported. The same can be said for the phrase "static patterns of Quality". Again, we are using Quality as a component here, which, while beguiling, is incorrect. Quality does not make patterns, patterns result from our brains interacting with the environment causing a biochemical/cellular "occurrence" which we call "seeing an object". This is physical in nature, and, as such, does not point to Quality. It is well established that words are insufficient to encapsulate Quality. Words can be more than that as well, and be destructive of a concept. I provide this consideration of jeopardy, not to be argumentative, but because I care for MoQ. I am interested to hear what you think. Cheers, Mark > 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
