ROGER ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURE TO USE THE MOQ TO EVALUATE MORALITY
The below is written in pencil with appreciation to Keith, Glove and Walter
for their inspirations. I have attempted to clarify and advance the MOQ while
remaining true to its concepts.
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REALITY IS COMPOSED OF QUALITY EVENTS
QUALITY EVENTS INVOLVE VALUE INTERACTIONS
QUALITY EVENTS CREATE THE SUBJECT AND OBJECT PATTERNS
--A quantum interaction collapsing the pure value wave form.
STABILITY IS A LACK OF NEW DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS
--A rock just sitting there.
CHAOS IS DYNAMIC INTERACTION WITHOUT PATTERN EMERGENCE
-- Fintan’s posts …….. just joking!
SUBJECT AND OBJECT PATTERNS CAN BE CATEGORIZED WITHIN FOUR DISTINCT LEVELS
--Every pattern can be categorized in at least one of the levels
THE LEVELS ARE DEFINED BY THE PRIMARY FORCES OF VALUE SHAPING THE PATTERNS AT
THAT LEVEL
THE HIGHER LEVEL VALUES EMERGE FROM COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF SAME AND LOWER
LEVEL VALUES AND PATTERNS
-- The complexity becomes so great that we can only model it by focusing on
the emergent values
THE FOUR LEVELS ARE DEFINED AS PATTERNS CREATED BY:
¨ The values/forces of physics
¨ The biological values of survival/procreation (inorganic synergy)
¨ The values of socialization (biological synergy)
¨ The values of truth, logic and freedom (all level synergy)
PATTERNS CAN INTERACT IF THEY ARE ON THE SAME OR ADJOINING LEVELS
BELOW IS A MODEL OF RELATIONSHIPS OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PATTERNS
¨ The left axis reflects the dominant pattern, the bottom axis reflects the
non-dominant pattern. That is, the rows dominate the columns. If this doesn’t
transmit right, I will resend separately …….. it is crucial to this post!
MORALITY CHART
Dominant
Value
Intellect……Computer Medicine Democracy Truth/LIES
Social….. House Priest Marry/WAR
CENSOR
Biolog….. Nutrients Breed/KILL PLAGUE DEAD
BOHR
Inorg…… Matter/CHAOS DEATH POMPEII LOST IPoV
[ Inorganic] [ Biological ] [ Social ]
[ Intellect ]
Dominated Value
MORALITY IS DEFINED AS THE ADVANCEMENT TOWARD MORE COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC
PATTERNS
¨ North or up on the chart
¨ Moral patterns are in lower case
IMMORALITYIS MOVEMENT AWAY FROM COMPLEX, DYNAMIC PATTERNS
¨ South or down toward lower level dominance resulting in lower level patterns
or chaos (upper case examples)
SAME LEVEL PATTERNS CAN BE IMMORAL ( mutual particle annihilation, Mutual
Assured Destruction), RELATIVELY MORAL (lion eats gazelle, rapist violates co-
ed), OR MORAL (marriage, gravity forming the universe).
¨ Note that purely moral acts aren’t about dominance though, they are more
about synergy.
THE COMPLEXITY, THE DYNAMICNESS, THE LOWER LEVEL SYNERGY AND THE MINIMIZATION
OF RELATIVE MORALITY EXPLAINS WHY HIGHER LEVEL PATTERNS ARE MORE MORAL
HIGHER LEVELS EMERGE FROM LOWER LEVEL INTERACTIONS. THEY REQUIRE CONTINUED
DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS BELOW TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES
¨ Value interacts to form matter. Dynamic matter interactions lead to life.
Interaction of living things leads to society. All the above interact leading
to science.
¨ If you freeze all quantum value interactions, matter can’t exist. If you
freeze molecules and matter, life can’t exist. If you freeze life, society
and intellectual patterns can’t exist. (Remember where we started – value
interactions create reality.)
NON ADJOINING PATTERNS CAN ONLY INTERACT BY WORKING-THROUGH OR CONTROLLING
INTERMEDIARY LEVEL PATTERNS
¨ Societies build buildings via people.
¨ Plagues hurt intellectual patterns by killing people and weakening society
¨ Men influence truth by communicating through society’s language and writing.
DOMINANCE OF A HIGHER LEVEL BY A LOWER LEVEL IS IMMORAL. IT CAN LEAD TOWARD A
MASSIVE COLLAPSE OF DYNAMIC PATTERNS.
¨ Nuclear weapons are formed by society controlling the intellect.
RELATIVE MORALITY OR IMMORALITY AT HIGHER LEVELS CAN ALSO LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC
LOWER LEVEL PATTERN LOSS
¨ WWI
¨ The Holocaust
¨ Hiroshima
IMMORAL OR LESS MORAL EVENTS THAT DON’T DESTROY A PATTERN CAN ACTUALLY
STRENGTHEN IT. DYNAMIC PATTERNS ADAPT.
¨ A physical workout
¨ Lions making Gazelles faster
¨ Arguments leading to truth
MORALITY, RELATIVE MORALITY AND IMMORALITY WORK TOGETHER IN COMPLEX WAYS TO
CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO EVOLVE TOWARD MORE DYNAMIC PATTERNS
¨ At the worst, pattern loss is one step backward before two steps forward
VALUE INTERACTIONS LEAD INEVITABLY TOWARD DYNAMIC QUALITY
MORALITY IS MAXIMIZING THE MOVEMENT FORWARD (North) WHILE MINIMIZING THE
MOVEMENT BACKWARD (South)
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Please give me feedback on this first draft. Does it stray from MOQ? Is it
useful? How can it be improved? ( For the record, my facetiously arrogant
title was just an attempt to get your attention. And sorry also for the all
caps style – I can’t use bold or italics.).
Are we getting closer to taking on the morality riddles and relative morality
problems posed at the beginning of the month?
Roger
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