Oh, damn, you're right. OK. Isn't this new dissertation further evidence of the decline of free-market values by claiming universal and measurable conditions of aesthetic response?
The thesis is a quick read, Michael. The first few sentences dismiss any subjectivity while the main thesis conflates it as a matter of degrees of overload based on complexity of stimulus. In other words, and I invent this analogy, you're an electrical outlet of, say, 15 amps. You could handle one or two ordinary electrical appliances, but those plus a heater and an iron would be too much and you'd shut off. Take a look. WC ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Brady <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 9:12:37 AM Subject: Re: New doctoral thesis on psychological aesthetics On Feb 16, 2011, at 10:10 AM, William Conger wrote: > Uh, ok. Isn't this new dissertation further evidence of the precipitous decline > of intellectual rigor in empirical studies of aesthetic response? What about capitalism?
