From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Oct 31 2002 - 21:58:27 GMT
Hi Sam:
A truly superb summary of the MoQ. I have a few minor nitpicks up to
the first paragraph in your description of the intellectual level which I
would completely revise. Herewith my suggestions.
> Sometimes, a DQ driven evolution constitutes an evolutionary leap.
Sometimes, a DQ driven evolution creates an evolutionary leap.
> These static latches form the known world. They are the stable forms of
> Quality.
These static latches plus DQ form the known world. They are the forms
of Quality.
> The social level is
> shaped by moral laws (eg against murder, adultery, theft) which are
> enforced by policemen and priests.
The social level is shaped by laws, customs, mores and religious
practices (eg against murder, adultery, theft) which are enforced by
soldiers, policemen, parents and priests.
> The intellectual level is the level of symbolic social learning, the same
> as mind. It is the collection and manipulation of symbols, created in the
> brain, that stand for patterns of experience. The DQ innovation and static
> latch which enabled the intellectual level to come into being has not been
> satisfactorily determined.
The intellectual level is the level of self-awareness, sometimes called
the "bicameral mind." It arose sometime between the building of the
pyramids in 2500 BC and the birth of Pythagorus in 500 BC when a
social unit first Dynamically conceived of "I" as being separate from
"we." The static latch was the hero myth and the division of experience
into I-We (eg self-other, subject-object) led to the development of the
law of identity as the basis for logic, science and mathematics.
No changes in the next two paragraphs. I especially like your summary
sentence, "That will probably be the struggle of the twenty first century,"
referring to struggle against biological patterns which threaten to devour
social patterns. (I presume you consider terrorists to be biological
patterns.)
Incidentally, you might want to check out the Principles section in
"Lila's Child" where Bo, Ant and myself also offered summaries of the
MoQ.
Thanks for a definite "keeper" post.
Platt
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