From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 04:54:45 BST
Dave S and all MOQers:
Dave S said:
...In other words, atoms can't really do much on their own. they can,
however, combine with and therefore support and be constitutive of every
level
above them, they can participate in more levels. notice, this is also
because
they have a broader spectrum of temporality; they are more durable, in
spacetime, than any of the levels above them. so while higher level
patterns
have more freedom, can manipulate more of the universe, they are less
stable.
Hmm...maybe that's a rule we can ascribe to the MOQ: the lower the level,
the
more static and entrenched the values are; this would make sense, because
certain static patterns--DNA for example--are virtually unchangeable. this
would also square with the current problems in human evolution, re:
overcoming absolutisms, sectarian warfare, dogma, etc.
dmb replies:
Right, I think we can also see this idea when Pirsig redescribes cause and
effect as a matter of preference. Instead of thinking of physics in terms of
laws, describe such observations as "a very consistent pattern of
preferences". And in that I think we can say that the extreme consistency
exhibited by inorganic patterns such as gravity and light demonstrates both
their exceptionally limited freedom and long-enduring stability.
one thing I like about Wilber is that he emphasizes not only the expanded
freedom, but also the DEPTH that comes with being more fully evolved.
T'is a pleasure. Thanks.
dmb
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