Hi Marsha, I know what I grasp. I am trying to explain it with words. Obviously I have not been successful if you ask that question. Stay tuned and perhaps you will understand. That is, if you want to.
Mark On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:50 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Mark, > > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:38 PM, Matt Kundert wrote: > >> >> Matt said: >> I'm wondering what it even means for science to reject, say, >> biological values. >> >> Marsha said: >> Science might reject the physical responses accompanying jealousy, >> fear or hate from biasing the interpretation or presentation of data. >> >> Matt also said: >> When did biology reject sex? >> >> Marsha also said: >> Biology includes the study of sex. >> >> Matt: >> The first response construes Pirsig in a useful way, but the second >> walks into why the formulation is odd: science _studies_ stuff, but to >> say it _includes_ it without the "study of" bit is to think that biology >> includes having scientists having a lot of sex with each other ("in the >> name of science," they keep telling their spouses). The answer to >> the rhetorical question doesn't rebut the premise in the right way in >> order to clarify the issue. Science rejects jealousy and fear as >> appropriate responses in the "study of" bit, but in the same way the >> answer to the second question could've been "biology includes the >> study of fear." Biology doesn't reject sex, and it doesn't reject fear, >> in toto: rather it rejects fear and sex in terms of their relevance to >> the "study of" stuff. Which is why I find the Pirsig formulation a >> little lop-sided. > > Marsha: > Since there is no absolute by which to reckon whether RMP's > formulation is a little lop-sided or your head is a little lop-sided, > I'd have wonder what are you trying to grasp? Do you know? > > > Marsha > > > ___ > > > 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
