dmb, They make sense to me.
Marsha On May 14, 2011, at 11:31 AM, david buchanan wrote: > > > Marsha said to dmb: > >> Here's my definition of Dynamic Quality and static quality. >> >> For me, Dynamic Quality is indivisible, undefinable and unknowable. >> Static patterns of value are processes: impermanent, interdependent, >> ever-changing. No subjects. No objects. Not things-in-themselves. >> Overlapping, interconnected, ever-changing processes that pragmatically >> tend to persist and change in a stable, predictable pattern. >> >> Don't you like my defintions? > > > dmb says: > The question is not whether or not I like your definitions. Do they make > sense? That's the question. > As I pointed out already, the problem is not that you have a different point > of view. The problem is that your definitions defy logic, dictionaries and > Pirsig's text. How could your definitions be any worse? I honestly can't > imagine how they could be any more confused. > What amazes me is that you shamelessly persist in saying really stupid things > like this. In the last sentence, for example, you describe static patterns as > stable AND ever-changing. That's like saying stable structures are fluid, > which is exactly what they are not. That's not my definition. That's just > what the words mean. That's what they meant before you and I were born. > That's how Pirsig and other english speakers use the term. But apparently > you're just not capable of understanding or meeting the most basic > requirements of communication. > There are only two terms here: static and dynamic. This is the first and most > basic distinction of the MOQ and even at this simple starting point you're > already way off. These terms are opposites and yet you can't even see the > difference between them. "For me, my definition of 'up' is not other than > 'down' and for me, 'dry' things are wet and watery. Of course, you wouldn't > understand that because I'm here as a man, speaking for all men. > > > > > > > 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
