Greetings, Squad!
It's the beginning of the month, votes are in, and it's time to start
discussion on the new topic, which is:
"That's the whole thing: to obtain static and Dynamic Quality
*simultaneously*. If you don't have the static patterns of scientific
knowledge to build upon you're back with the cave man. But if you don't
have the freedom to change those patterns you're blocked from any further
growth." (Chapter 17, page 222, Bantam hard back edition.)
What does Pirsig mean here? What does it mean for a real live person to
obtain both simultaneously?
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VOTING SUMMARY
Here are all of the topic suggestions for this month along with the number
of votes each garnered.
1) BODVAR SKUTVIK: 0 votes
Seen in the light of the MOQ, what is it that is described in the ZMM. Is
it the emergence of SOM, the "coming of age" of the Intellectual level,
or...?
2) DENIS POISSON (VIA BODVAR): 4 votes
If DNA is the "machine code" between the inorganic and the biological,
what's the "machine code" between the biological and the social? Between
the social and the intellect (mythos? language?) How do they work?
3) DAVID BUCHANAN: 6 votes
(This is from chapter 17, page 222 in the bantam hard back edition.)
"That's the whole thing: to obatin static and Dynamic Quality
simultaneously. If you don't have the static patterns of scientific
knowledge to build upon you're nback with the cave man. But if you don't
have the freedom to change those patterns you're blocked from any further
growth."
What does Pirsig mean here? What does it mean for a real life person to
obtain both simultaneously?
4) ??? (VIA KEITH): 4 votes
Leaving Quality undefined is a central tenet of the MOQ. We should work
towards clearly explaining why this is so and exploring the arguments both
for and against this position. Sarah: "Are you teaching Quality this
quarter?" "Yes..." - You know what it is. No you don't. Yes you do....
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Keith A. Gillette <http://detling.dorm.org/gillette/>
MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
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