Hi Platt and all,
PLATT
> 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.
>
Not quite - I would not say that DQ *allows* . . . .
Rather, I would say that DQ *IS* the breaking of old patterns and the making
of new ones.
> 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.)
>
I have a reservation about using the word "directed". It makes it look like
cause and effect - something we know we have to be careful about.
To say that something took a particular direction is not to say that it was
directed. Just try spinning a bottle to see what I mean.
Jonathan
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