Ian said:
No kind of mix up. It was Goodall's review of Frentz that made the "latter day
Robert Pirsig" reference, not Frentz' own work.
dmb says:
That makes no sense, Ian. Goodall says Frentz's biographical book is "the story
of a latter day Robert Pirsig-inspired Phaedrus" and the subtitle of said book
contains the phrase "quest for quality". How is that NOT a reference to
"Frentz' own work"? What else could he be referring to?
Or are you saying that Goodall is interesting because he's "making a Pirsig
connection" to the book even though the book is not really connected to Pirsig?
He didn't find that connection in the book but fabricated the connection
himself?
And why would you comment on the reviewer of the book rather than the author of
the book - or the book itself?
Deliberate or not, I think it's a very weird mix-up.
John said:
I was just discussing with Ian, David, how these "mixups" and whims often
produce more interesting paths for research than more rigorously controlled
means of searching out excellence like reddit postings for instance. So however
we got here, I'm glad.
dmb says:
Okay then, I guess you can thank the god of happy accidents.
But answer me this: What are reddit postings? And what else (other than reddit
postings) would count as a "rigorously controlled means of searching out
excellence"?
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