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Subject:RE: The Myth of Seven, Plus or Minus Two From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:09:37 -0500
I chose "aesthetics" because I realize that brevity is a subjective value.
I'm not sure I would classify correct grammar as being quite as subjective a
value as brevity.
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:54 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Fw: The Myth of Seven, Plus or Minus Two
>
> > "Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> wrote on
> > 12/03/2003 09:25:49 AM:
> > > Perhaps people misuse Miller's work because they
> > > understand the value of
> > > brevity and seek a scientific basis for that understanding
> > > -- an unfortunate attempt to quantify aesthetics.
>
> I believe that any blind adherence to an approach
> (scientific or otherwise) stems from the basic insecurity
> many have with defending their own thoughts and beliefs.
> Being unwilling (or incapable) to research and understand
> the issues, they latch onto something convenient and/or
> familiar. Challenging that belief then becomes an attack
> on their own credibility as they cannot defend the ideas
> with their own thoughts.
>
> I don't think aesthetics necessarily come into the
> equation. It apples to any of the religious type wars over
> grammar, tools, OS's, rules, styles, etc.
>
> Eric L. Dunn
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