[Platt] If we accept what you, Davies and others say is the end game of intellect, a cul de sac so to speak from which it cannot escape, then could we gain relief by accepting Bo's idea that the MOQ offers 1) a way to stand above the intellectual level, and, as Ian intimates, 2) a way to be at ease with the irrational without losing meaning?
[Arlo] Perhaps. I'll let Bo and Ian argue that one out. [Platt] In other words, I wonder if we can claim that the MOQ is a bridge over intellect's ultimate paradoxes, recursions and strange loops. [Arlo] I'm not sure the MOQ "overcomes" paradox and loops, and neither does Hofstadter. My take is in their acceptance of this as an unavoidable core to any intellection. My take on koans, for example, is that they point TO this paradox as a way of moving the individual into acceptance of this rather than a delusion that it can be overcome. 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
