Edgar,
My helpful simple explanation runs as follows; please attend:
Usefulness is a Human category.
Does it go beyond that? No.
To say so is to establish a Metaphysics. To establish a Metaphysics is not
Utilitarian, nor Pragmatist. Instead, a Metaphysics is Human, and probably
only Human, too. We can hardly ask other species.
Still, this may yet be off-topic of our Zen concerns. It's Philosophy,
instead. Which I love. But I am set upon following the Forum's rules. So,
I'll desist.
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> I'll try to explain it simply.
>
> In a reality which operates according to actual laws of nature usefulness
> means something actually works. To actually work it must in accord with the
> actual laws of reality..
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