Zen and the Art of... wait what?

I've been muddling through Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and find the theoretical discord between the rationalist and social constructionist traditions interesting.  In the book, Pirsig refers to it as classical versus romantic.  The first perspective methodically breaks down elements comprising the natural world into an infinite series of hierarchical parts.  As an example, the author divides the functions of his motorcycle to form a conceptual map.  This means of rationalization explains the inner form of the machine by relying on truth and fact.  When something on the bike goes haywire, the theoretical tools presented by the scientific method are methodically used to distill negative evidence against the prevailing hypothesis as to why the bike has stopped functioning.   

On the other hand, we have the romantic perspective.  This article expands upon this framework with a focus on French deconstructive analysis.  Basically this perspective argues that all human experience is socially constructed, including science.  So while the world exists outside of our perception of it, we can only view the world through this perception.  Rationality is just a ghost that haunts our minds.  

All of this makes me wonder what would happen if the Earth were to regenerate and humanity were to start all over again.  Would history repeat itself? Or would we be governed by different objective truths and facts from the ones we have now? 

In other news, I was listening to KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic at work on Monday and the station featured this band, Great Northern.  Later on, I was watching The Hills and one of the songs was played.  I think it was a sign from LC herself that I should buy the new EP.  

Great Northern- Telling Lies