Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - A reprise

[cojak]

I read ZAMM when I was a spotty youth (and a biker...)

I did throw it across the computer room one evening in frustration (the only time Ihave done this) but it did have some interesting ideas, and introduced me to the minds of the mentally ill and BMW riders...

[threaded]

I read ZAMM when I was a spotty youth (and a biker...)

I did throw it across the computer room one evening in frustration (the only time Ihave done this) but it did have some interesting ideas, and introduced me to the minds of the mentally ill and BMW riders...

On a BMW motorcycle you don't have to keep re-jetting the carburettors every time you go up and down a bit of a hill. That's what I'd call 'quality'.

[ratewhore]

I read ZAMM when I was a spotty youth (and a biker...)

Me too. I threw it across the room because it was toss. Then I jumped on my motorbike and went for a ride in the real world.

Much better!!!

[TheFaQQer]

The ale probably helps - Immanuel Kant was a real pissant, apparently. Linky.

Proper song about philosophers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQycQ8DABvc

There's an echo in here....

[OwlHoot]

... 'the maths of maths' - that doesnt make sense

I guess Category Theory is the nearest thing.

[sasguru]

what he is saying is that gravity is real to you - thats the way you are trained to think
witch doctors are real to African tribesmen - thats the way they are trained to think
ghosts are real to Indian villagers - thats the way they are trained to think


in the context of the way the brain works, what is actually true, in the sense of laws of phyics, doesnt matter.

Are those beliefs equivalent in effective value? Clearly not, since using the theory of gravity man has gone to the moon (even though philosophers and other nutters will claim that is a figment of your imaginative perception).
Beliefs in witch doctors and ghosts are products of a backward culture.
And if you don't agree, you can't judge suicide bombers - after all its just the way they are trained to think



Gave up on ZAMM by the way - not bad in places but like I said not a book that will stand the test of time. Gone back to Montaigne's essays - now that's proper philosophy, not mere pot noodling

[DimPrawn]

sasguru hath spoken. Here endeth the lesson.