[ExI] zmm: quest for the holy honda

[Damien Broderick]

At 01:12 PM 11/12/2007 -0800, Jef wrote:

>Some quotes supporting the point that Pirsig was arguing against
>Plato<snip>

Hmm. It was a long time ago; I should have kept 
my mouth shut. (My copy of the book is a long way 
off...) At any rate, I was unimpressed; this was 
very much not the case with Hofstadter, a while later.

I see on wikipedia the claim that: "By virtue of 
being a precocious child with an IQ of 170..." 
which would make Pirsig shine even in this 
company. (Not to mention, perhaps: "An emotional 
and mental breakdown led him to spend part of the 
period 1960 – 63 in and out of mental institutions...")

>Also I'm curious Damien, as it may be related, whether when you read
>the book you got the impression that it was about Zen throughout?

At this point, deponent sayeth not. (Not to be 
confused with "deponent sayeth `not'.") :)

Damien Broderick