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Re:Much of the “science” used in design is bullshit (2014) by bsanr2 on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:20PM (#19759148)
I can't possibly be the only one here who understands what they were getting at, right? It seems silly but it's pretty obvious that they're just trying to get at the intentions and associations behind their aesthetic decisions. It's only as absurd as human pattern-seeking behavior is in general.
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Re:Much of the “science” used in design is bullshit (2014) by andybak on Saturday April 27, 2019 @10:31AM (#19765718)
> I can't possibly be the only one here who understands what they were getting at, right?

It was both accurate and profound.

Unfortunately the parts that were accurate were trivial and the parts that were profound were incorrect.

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Re:Much of the “science” used in design is bullshit (2014) by nearbuy on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:11AM (#19764091)
The pdf author thinks a light year is a speed and the universe expands at f(x) = e^x. Someone was copying stuff they didn't understand off the internet.
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Re:Much of the “science” used in design is bullshit (2014) by Kalium on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:35PM (#19759301)
Oh, I definitely get what they're getting at. They just wrapped it up in way, way more window-dressing than was remotely justified. It makes the whole thing look farcical.
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