From: Paul Turner (paul@turnerbc.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jul 17 2005 - 14:49:07 BST
Dave,
Thanks for the kind words, and as you would say - back at ya!
>My plane touched down here in Denver last Thursday night, but my feet still
>haven't hit the ground. I was thoroughly inspired and I'm still quite
>stoned
>on joy. Dr. Anthony McWatt is my hero. As I said in my little talk, heros
>show us how to get better. That's exactly what he did for me. I want to do
>what he did. I want to go back to school and try to earn the first AMERICAN
>PhD on the MOQ. If there were a third MOQer Doctor all we'd need then is
>some leather jackets and we'll have ourselves an international metaphysical
>motorcycle gang. Whadya say? Who's with me?
Paul: I have to admit that it has been in my thoughts since the conference.
>Paul Turner continued:
>2) moq.org
>As we began to meet each other, the intellectual patterns we have
>become familiar with over the years were supplemented by the
>biological and social patterns of the individuals who comprise
>moq.org. These patterns quickly formed a new kind of pattern, a new
>social connection which, at this stage at least, may be as important
>as the intellectual patterns which they support. Mati Palm-Leis'
>paper, which will hopefully soon be available to all, has something
>to say about this with respect to overcoming academic resistance to the
>MOQ. ...A small word of caution though, which was discussed amongst a
>couple
>of attendees over post-conference drinks, is that the social community must
>not be allowed to overwhelm the intellectual development of the moq.org.
>
>dmb adds:
>As you may have guessed by now, I think the infusion of social level
>connections only lit a fire under my ass. It helped to form this new found
>resolve of mine to go back to school. In fact, Paul, I have to say that you
>played no small role in that and would even dare to suggest that you also
>should think about following in Ant's footsteps. You have the chops and I
>imagine you'd be simply fabulous in leather too. As you may have guessed by
>now, I think the social level part of it went very, very well. If I found
>out that anyone had a problem with that or that there was ever any danger
>that it would interfere with the substance of the matter, it would be news
>to me. I think it just made everything real and actual where it was only
>virtual and disembodied before.
Paul: I agree with all of this, and I also don't think the social level
aspect of moq.org will turn out to be a problem. I just think that, being
proponents of the MOQ, we ought to be (and already are) aware of the
potential of the social level to undermine or become more self-serving than
intellectual development. I certainly have nothing but positive feelings
about the whole Liverpool experience though.
Cheers
Paul
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