Hi Rich E:
Rich wrote:
I don’t believe that dynamic quality is always new. If it is, how can
static patterns have dynamic quality?
Static patterns don’t have Dynamic Quality. From Lila, Chap. 13:
“And beyond that is an even more compelling reason; societies and
thoughts and principles themselves are no more than sets of static
patterns. These patterns can't by themselves perceive or adjust to
Dynamic Quality. Only a living being can do that”. (Lila, Chapter
13.)
Rich wrote:
With regard to being able to perfect science . . . etc.
I agree we can’t perfect science. I doubt we’ll ever know everything
about everything. Heck, we can’t even predict which way a flea will
jump. My point was that humans have the capacity to improve
themselves. Whether they will or not is an open question. Sorry I
didn’t make myself clear.
As for Pirsig’s statements being true or not, I take it for granted
that his description of Dynamic Quality is true because he invented
the concept for his metaphysics. You are free, of course, to
described Dynamic Quality in whatever way you wish. It’s just not
Pirsig’s MOQ.
Best,
Platt
>
> okay, your knowledge of the book is greater than mine, i confess to that
> (i've only read it once) but simply showing that rm pirsig has written that
> doesnt mean it is true (if you disagree with that, you are saying pirsig IS
> dynamic quality). i dont believe that dynamic quality is always new, if it
> is, how can static patterns have dynamic quality? or atleast, how can they
> appear to us to have dynamic quality?
>
> with regard to being able to perfect science, think about this, the more
> people there are making discoveries about science, the more discoveries
> there appears still to be made so on. as we continue to find out more and
> more at an ever increasing rate, the amount of questions left unanswered
> also increases at an ever increasing rate. and as it happens, the rate of
> increase of questions is greater than the rate of increase of answers and
> that rate too is increasing at an ever increasing rate. at what point can
> this stop?
>
> Regards
> Rich.
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