Dear Platt,
Let me remind you that this thread has its origin in your question of 25/7
8:47 -0400:
'Does the MOQ support design or purpose in evolution?'
The answer apparently wasn't as obvious for you back then as it is now (15/8
11:51 -0400):
'It's clear to me that the purpose/accident problem simply doesn't exist in
the MOQ and thus requires no explanation. The results from the forces of DQ
look like chance only when one is unaware of those forces.
And if DQ lacks purpose, there's no need for it.'
I'm glad you don't need my 'interesting' but 'rather convoluted' explanation
of this answer (on which we agree), for you apparantly didn't understand it.
(Shame to me.) The part of my 13/8 23:15 +0200 posting you quoted was NOT
meant as an explanation why the purpose/accident problem 'simply' doesn't
exist in the MoQ, BUT as an inquiry into the implications of Pirsig's
explanation why the determinism/free will problem doesn't exist in the MoQ.
It is the part of my posting that followed the part you quoted that
comprises my explanation of the non-relevance in a MoQ of the problem you
raised.
Like you I don't need more than Pirsig's 'Biological evolution can be seen
as a process by which Dynamic
forces at a subatomic level discover stratagems for overcoming huge static
inorganic forces at a superatomic level.' in chapter 11 of 'Lila'. I'm not
so sure however that more explanation of the redundancy of purpose in
evolution is also unnecesary for others, especially for those who didn't
happen to recognize the value of the MoQ as presented in 'Lila' at first
sight.
You apparently don't see a need any more for 'design or purpose in
evolution', but how would you explain that to people who can't be convinced
by reference to quotes from 'Lila' alone?
With friendly greetings,
Wim
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