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

From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 00:28:12 BST

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    Hey David,

    > 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.

    R
    Sorry about that, I should've been more clear on how I was using the quote.
    Obviously, if the quote is completely correct and Intellect's historical
    purpose was "to help a society" then obviously a society comes first. But I
    was suggesting that perhaps intellect's historic purpose was actually
    biological (finding food, detecting danger and defeating enemies are
    functions that all animals perform) and that Society was one of the things
    intellect invented to help accomplish it's historic functions, eventually
    freeing it up to take on new duties.

    It was just a thought.

    take care
    rick

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