[Platt] Metaphysics of randomness? Not on your life. A metaphysics of purpose would be more like it.
"Since a metaphysics is essentially a kind of dialectical definition and since Quality is essentially outside definition, this means that a 'Metaphysics of Quality' is essentially a contradiction in terms, a logical absurdity. It would be almost like a mathematical definition of randomness. The more you try to say what randomness is the less random it becomes. Or 'zero,' or 'space' for that matter. Today these terms have almost nothing to do with 'nothing.' 'Zero' and 'space' are complex relationships of 'somethingness." - Lila, Chapter 5 [Platt] Unless and until you accept Pirsig's explanation of evolution, your version of the MOQ is more than stripped down. It's naked as a Jaybird. [Krimel] As long as you regard Pirsig as an authority on evolutionary theory you as are going to continue to sound like the Jaybird's cousin, the swallow-crested dimwit. 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/
