Hi Jonathan:
If you've covered this ground in previous posts forgive me for asking
again.
Are you saying that evolution moves forward because DQ allows
chance mutation to break up old patterns and chance favorability to
create new and better ones? The idea that DQ makes it possible for
favorable changes to occur by chance is news to me. I always thought
DQ played an active role in changes for the better.
In Chap. 11 of Lila Pirsig says, " . . . the decisions that directed the
progress of evolution are, in fact, Dynamic Quality itself."
Do you object to the idea that DQ directs evolution? (I assume you
have no problems with characterizing evolution as progress.)
Thanks for clarification.
Platt
> I've always hated this phrase "migrating towards Dynamic Quality". I don't
> think it really means anything. We always measure migration in terms of static
> patterns. You start with one set of static patterns and end up with another.
> Pirsig almost got it right in his discussion of evolution, where he asks "but
> has anyone ever asked if evolution is evolving *away* from anything?".
> As I have pointed out before, Pirsig doesn't appear to realize that he has hit
> upon a main idea in Darwinian evolution. Things move away from static patterns
> by mutation - a dynamic, pattern breaking process. If by chance the mutation
> is favourable ("natural selection"), it latches as a new static pattern.
>
> Thus, the importance of DQ in the evolutionary process is that it allows
> static patterns to be broken and replaced by better static patterns.
>
> Jonathan
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