OK, Hi Krimel, Only naive readings of Pirsig and evolution have that problem.
The shit happening is random only from a pre-deterministic perspective - ie the individual initiating dynamic disturbances "have a life of their own" - where these lead - towards "progress" - is a feature of the loopy processes - loops across multiple levels with ratchets to reduce reversals. Ian On 5/4/07, Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Krimel] > Stripped of all the tap dancing, the issue is that the idea of evolution > operating randomly on the basis of "shit happening" is scary. People would > rather believe anything else and they do. They want meaning. They want a > plan. They want direction. They want someone in charge. They will grasp at > any straw to clutch onto some kind of purpose or head dude in charge. In the > old days they would even sacrifice their children to appeal to some higher > power. > > Platt, Ham even Pirsig it seem have this problem. > 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/
