David,
thanks for your answer.
> I'm not sure I agree with you that "Insanity is
> driving in the wrong direction"
Ok, but I also added:
"The problem is to decide what direction is right".
so the sense of that "wrong" was "not adherent to the common sense of
rightness".
The problem is that only few times that common sense is completely right,
and, as you point out in the Galileo example, sometimes seems to be almost
completely wrong, or at least surpassed.
I agree with your "Being different isn't bad or wrong", but we need rules,
and static limitations to our freedom. So I would add: "Being different
isn't bad or wrong, as long as it doesn't damage someone else's right to be
different".
So it's not insane to drive on a strange direction, if the road is new and
empty. But when you are going to crash someone else's car, that could be
really
insane. The topic was about a definition of insanity, and this is my
(obvious, I guess) definition.
What's important IMHO in Pirsig's thought is that "insanity" can be a
richness. So we must make all what's possible to understand and listen to
who's "insane", as maybe he is going to show us a new direction.
bye
Marco
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