RE: MD Pirsig on Science

From: Glenn Bradford (gmbbradford@netscape.net)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 05:54:41 GMT


>HOW ARE YOU DISTINGUISHING YOURSELF FROM THOSE INFAMOUS "MOQers"?

By being critical of the MOQ.

> I DIDN'T WANT A SUMMARY OF THE BOOK JUST WHAT HE SAID IN THE CHAPTER ABOUT
>ALL THE WORDS WITH A PREFIX MISSING IN THE DICTIONARY. I WAS CURIOUS IF IT
>ALSO WAS A SARCASTIC REASON BUT YOU WERE BEING TOO POLITE TO SAY.

I didn't say...Never mind. It's not important.

>OK, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT WAS NOT MADE UP BY JUNG OR ME. IF YOU WANT I CAN TRY
>AND DO A SUMMARY OF HOW IT DEVELOPED BUT IT INVOLVED THINGS LIKE LEARNING
>SANSKRIT, TALKING WITH EINSTEIN, AND OTHER "GOOFY" STUFF) (YES THAT IS A
>LITTLE SARCASTIC)

Please, don't bother. I have enough trouble dealing with Pirsig.

>ACTUALLY THE AUTHOR SAID "To those -- like me -- who have a taste for goofy
>ideas, this one has a definite charm."

OK, this implies it has a goofy charm. I can agree with this.

>
>JUNG WAS A PRETTY MYSTICAL GUY BUT SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK MYSTICISM IS TOO
>GOOFY STILL LIKE JUNG BUT DEMYSTIFY HIS INTERPRETATION BY INTERPRETING HIS
>ARCHETYPES AS A HISTORICAL INHERETENCE (OR GENETIC INTERPRETATION). PERHAPS
>THIS TYPE OF INTERPRETATION MAY APPEAR LESS GOOFY.
>
>PERSONALLY,I LIKE HOW JUNG APPEALS TO GOOFY AND NONGOOFY SCHOLARS.

You are entitled to an opinion.
Glenn

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