http://www.thulasidas.com/2008-08/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.htm Perception and Physics. Science and Spirituality. Life and Work. Money and Quantitative Finance. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thulasidas.com/2008-08/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.htm/comment-page-1#comment-571 Manoj's Unreal Blog » Ghost of Gravity Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:17:51 +0000 http://www.thulasidas.com/?p=83#comment-571 [...] I was reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance again just now, and came to the part where Pirsig compares scientific beliefs and superstitions. [...] [...] I was reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance again just now, and came to the part where Pirsig compares scientific beliefs and superstitions. [...]

]]> http://www.thulasidas.com/2008-08/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.htm/comment-page-1#comment-512 Manoj's Unreal Blog » On Rationality and Delusions Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:42:40 +0000 http://www.thulasidas.com/?p=83#comment-512 [...] This post started as a reply to M Cuffe’s comment on my post on The God Delusion. M Cuffe suggested that I’m merely asserting an individual’s right to be irrational, or ignorant. Yes, I am indeed saying that one has the right to be irrational. But that statement stems from something that I believe is deeper. It stems from what we mean by rationality, and why we think it is a good thing to be rational. I know it sounds “irrational,” but I’m talking about rationality as Persig talked about it in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. [...] [...] This post started as a reply to M Cuffe’s comment on my post on The God Delusion. M Cuffe suggested that I’m merely asserting an individual’s right to be irrational, or ignorant. Yes, I am indeed saying that one has the right to be irrational. But that statement stems from something that I believe is deeper. It stems from what we mean by rationality, and why we think it is a good thing to be rational. I know it sounds “irrational,” but I’m talking about rationality as Persig talked about it in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. [...]

]]> http://www.thulasidas.com/2008-08/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27 Incurable Disease of Writing | Just Write Blog Carnival August 22, 2008 Edition Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:08:25 +0000 http://www.thulasidas.com/?p=83#comment-27 [...] Thulasidas presents Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance posted at Unreal Blog, saying, “This essay (perhaps not right to call it a review) is [...] [...] Thulasidas presents Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance posted at Unreal Blog, saying, “This essay (perhaps not right to call it a review) is [...]

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