LS Re: What's wrong with the SOM?


Magnus Berg (qmgb@bull.se)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 14:26:35 +0100


Hi Doug, sorry for not answering earlier. The sky opened
and work fell over me.

You wrote:
> Substitute the term Static Pattern of Value (SPoV) for 'Object.'

Now I'm puzzled, that was kind'a sort'a the purpose of the post.

> When you do this, remember that MoQ says Value (both DQ and SQ) is
> co-within/interpenetrating via the Interrelationships among SPoVs, a la
> Dusenberry. (See the PS example below.)

Yeah, that's one of the beauties of the analogue. Too bad only
computer nerds can appreciate, or criticize it.

> By comparison, SOM says the Value (it calls values, 'properties') or
> properties are in the Objects, a la Franz Boas. It says
> interrelationships are subjective and thus 'insubstantial.'

But still, nobody during the french revolution wanted to alter the
interrelationship between their head and neck.

> (AND,) In MoQ the 'interlevel dependency' Interrelationships are
> mediated by DQ and the five sets of Pirsig's Moral Codes.
>
> OK?

Yes, the moral codes would be built in, no DQ though.

> PS Example: A good example I use here is the old DOS command line
> interrelationship to humans as compared to the Macintosh or modern
> browser Graphical User Interface (GUI). There is incredibly more Value
> in the latter than in the former.

...been reading Gelernter I presume.

        Magnus

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