Magnus Berg (qmgb@bull.se)
Fri, 21 Nov 1997 14:51:33 +0100
Hi Platt!
> > > I agree. But in MoQ terms, "Matter is just the name for certain
> inorganic
> > > value patterns." (Lila, Chapter 11.)
> >
> > Doesn't that hint that Pirsig also thinks that there are other
> > manifestations of inorganic SPoV?
> >
> Maybe. I'm not sure what Pirsig means by "certain." Any ideas?
My first impulse was to interpret is as "matter is a subset of
inorganic SPoV", which means that there could exist inorganic
SPoV that are not matter. But I guess it could mean other things
too. Anyway, word-picking maybe isn't the best way to go about
this "matter".
> > Some forms of matter are predictable, others not. A meteorite would be
> the
> > matter equivalence to lightning.
> >
> Hardly. Meteorites are propelled by gravity. But yes, some forms of matter
> are unpredictable, man-made forms in particular.
Maybe not the best example, but I see you got my point.
> No I'm not surprised. Gravity is just one form of energy that's
> predictable. Energy comes in many other forms, kinetic, atomic, molecular,
> electromagnetic, etc. Dynamic Quality is another form, unmeasurable by
> science to be sure, but nevertheless a force to be reckoned with!
Couldn't agree more! ;-)
Magnus
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