RE: MD The Giant (types of patterns/types of people)

From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 00:09:59 BST

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    PIRSIG (LILA p344)
    "The intellect's evolutionary purpose has never been to discover an ultimate
    meaning of the universe. That is a relatively recent fad. Its historical
    purpose has been to help a society find food, detect danger, and defeat
    enemies."

    R
    This quote makes me wonder whether this historical intellect predates social
    patterning.

    dmb
    If its "historical purpose has been to help society", then it couldn't
    logically predate it. I think Pirsig is only pointing out the obvious here;
    most of our efforts for most of our history centered on survival. Even
    today, the most advanced technologies come out of the military or are
    aquired by the military. Sadly, that race ain't over. This time it IS rocket
    science.

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