On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Michael Brady <[email protected]>wrote:
> I've been preoccupied lately by two ideas that I believe are related: > > Error > Quality > > First, specifically, why is there error? Not, how does an error occur? Nor > am > I interested in the teleological answere that error produces diversity, > which > is a good thing (and which strikes me as a circular argument). Why is there > error? Why is there no perfect duplication or action? > > Second, why is it that some people cannot discern or distinguish the > limits of > lesser quality? Why do some people accept an artful production (music, > dance, > painting, etc.) as suitable and highly accomplished when it isn't? I am not > picking a quarrel with gauche taste and making a case for more art > education. > I am interested in the process or mechanism or explanation of why it is > that > some people cannot distinguish between the mediocre and the high quality. > (I posted the following previously): Over time, audiences change and the fact that less and less of the public can appreciate good plays, good novels, good paintings, etc. is not exactly a recent problem: - Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. Aesop
