From: Leland Jory (ljory@mts.net)
Date: Tue Feb 24 2004 - 05:37:50 GMT
On Feb 23, 2004, at 22:59, Matthew Poot wrote:
> Is there a "Q-force" which holds certain things , while letting others
> slip away into an infinite spiral of degeneration? Sort of the same
> 'Q-force' which makes us naturally inclined towards the Quality in
> life, before we place social or intellectual restrictions on them.
I think DQ is the "Q-force". The trick to avoiding degeneracy is that
there has to be a static latch to maintain the new value pattern. I
sense a lot of opinion that DQ is 'good' and SQ is 'bad'. This type of
thinking can actually INCREASE the degeneracy problem, because SQ
provides the stability in the metaphysical hierarchy. It is very much a
ratcheting process. Static pattern 'Foo' is no longer sufficient, so DQ
provides a number of evolutionary mutations. One of which, Dynamic
Pattern 'Bar' proves to be the most successful. There MUST be a static
latch to Static Pattern 'Bar' to keep from sliding back to Static
Pattern 'Foo'. Social or intellectual "restrictions" can be seen as the
static latch of previous patterns which DQ is trying to overcome.
Eventually, once the new static pattern has become outmoded, it will be
seen as restrictive and new DQ patterns will emerge. And so on, and so
on...
--
Leland Jory :^{)>
Cafeteria Spiritualist and Philosopher
"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go
away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling." -
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