In a message dated 2/17/02 1:02:20 AM GMT Standard Time,
DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org writes:
<< I have a hunch that you reject the idea that the MOQ is a description of a
mystical reality and this is what has prompted you to create a solution, a
solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. This non-existent problem
is only created by your rejection of Pirsig's mysticism.
Respectfully,
The exorcist. :-)
>>
The great sadness in Pirsig's excellent work, is that the battle may be lost?
When i say the battle may be lost, the battle may be the end of human
evolution?
You see, SOM is a pile of crap in my view, but it is a pile of crap from a
human perspective; it may not be a pile of crap from an evolutionary
perspective?
SOM has lead to the emergence of science and technology; in the last 400
years we have rushed headlong into, 'The unknown' under the guise of looking
for the known!
And the result may be the creation of our evolutionary replacements?
I do not wish to sound all Promethium here; the replacements will be the
result of DQ doing its work. I do not like the idea of being, 'Replaced,' but
then again, from my point of view i may not be supposed to like it!
The upshot of all this is that SOM is 5th level.
MOQ is not 5th level; MOQ underpins ALL levels and will underpin 6th level
also when it arrives; and in my humble opinion, 6th level will be Human/AI
interface.
If you do not like or wish for that to befall humanity then i am sorry to
tell you, but there are many who just cannot wait, or so it would appear?
Nope.
I have the utmost respect for Bo's views.
But Bo, i feel, is gallantly putting up the final fight; holding out against
the disgusting overrun of SOM.
For 75,000 years or so, human society existed and developed intellect. (4th
level).
There was no, or little need for recording this development, and so we have
no trace of it today. The intellectual scope of our immediate ancestors was
probably of a sophisticated level; more sophisticated than we would like to
believe i feel sure: Rich, expressive, creative, and satisfying.
But SOM put an end to that.
SOM announced to the world that humans where not the latest model in the
showroom any more?
When i look around my world and feel blinded by the penetrating image of SOM
everywhere within my gaze, i feel like an animal caught in the headlights of
a rampaging technological artefact.
But the Buddha is just as at home in the circuits of a computer as it is at
home in my view of quality. At the end of the day, the One pervades all, and
the MOQ tells me i must forget myself and give in?
ZMM looked to integrate the split developing between intellect and art.
Lila suggests more clearly where the split lies?
I have an unnerving feeling the split is more an emergence of AI from the
cocoon of human values?
Let us not go gently...
All the best,
Squonk.
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