>> Platt;
>> As Pirsig points out, intellectuals (defined as high IQ types) are ill-
>> equipped to run society.
>>
>> DMB
>> There you go again. SOM is ill-equipped to run society, not the intellect
>> per se. How many times do I have to?.... Oh, nevermind.
>
>PLATT:
>In the MOQ, intellect per se is SOM no matter how many times you say
>otherwise--the pattern of amoral objective that has messed up society
>by taking biology's side. It's in Chapter 24 of LILA. You really should
>read it again sometime.
I agree with Platt here about what Pirsig thinks. But let's be clear and
say even more specifically that it is *scientific* intellect that is SOM, and *this* is what Pirsig thinks messed up society, not intellectual moral patterns like freedom of speech and such. Concerning morality, I'd say
Pirsig is more critical overall of the intellectual level than of the social level; which is odd, considering the intellectual level is
supposed to be the more moral of the two. And yes, Ch. 24 is where it's
at.
Glen
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