I’m claiming that Pollock’s work demonstrated easily-neglected and valuable parts of the aesthetic experience.
As for evidence against that hypothesis, I think that depends largely upon how seriously you take some of the relevant premises in your wacko’s model. According to some, there is virtually nothing to all of culture other than status games (though in this case the clause “despite there being nothing special about his work” would make little sense). According to others, there really is quite a bit to aesthetics, and perhaps it’s worth listening to the folks who’ve spent their lives studying it.
There are a lot of different kinds of things in the world, and many of them are valuable in unexpected ways.
So you really can’t think of anything that is less likely to be observed if “it’s all bullshit” than if it’s not? There isn’t any kind of aesthetic feeling you could feed to the wacko that he couldn’t help but burst out in appreciation for?
As for evidence against that hypothesis, I think that depends largely upon how seriously you take some of the relevant premises in your wacko’s model.
Not when I’m asking for evidence with a low Bayes factor, rather than a guaranteed low posterior.
Maybe an example would be in order. Let’s say Bob is the wacko, but about quantum physics. Bob believe that the claims of quantum physics are just a big status game, and so are the results of the particle accelerators and everything. I could point to evidence like the atom bomb. If they were just arguing over meaningless crap the whole time, and assigning truth purely based on who has the most status, how did they ever get the understanding necessary to build an atom bomb, Bob?
There are a lot of different kinds of things in the world, and many of them are valuable in unexpected ways.
Right, like Halo. Except that millions of people like Halo even in the absence of a well-funded indoctrination campaign, and the fact that expressing appreciation for Halo won’t endear them to the kewl kids of art.
It’s not very impressive if people start to enjoy something after they’ve
I’m claiming that Pollock’s work demonstrated easily-neglected and valuable parts of the aesthetic experience.
As for evidence against that hypothesis, I think that depends largely upon how seriously you take some of the relevant premises in your wacko’s model. According to some, there is virtually nothing to all of culture other than status games (though in this case the clause “despite there being nothing special about his work” would make little sense). According to others, there really is quite a bit to aesthetics, and perhaps it’s worth listening to the folks who’ve spent their lives studying it.
There are a lot of different kinds of things in the world, and many of them are valuable in unexpected ways.
So you really can’t think of anything that is less likely to be observed if “it’s all bullshit” than if it’s not? There isn’t any kind of aesthetic feeling you could feed to the wacko that he couldn’t help but burst out in appreciation for?
Not when I’m asking for evidence with a low Bayes factor, rather than a guaranteed low posterior.
Maybe an example would be in order. Let’s say Bob is the wacko, but about quantum physics. Bob believe that the claims of quantum physics are just a big status game, and so are the results of the particle accelerators and everything. I could point to evidence like the atom bomb. If they were just arguing over meaningless crap the whole time, and assigning truth purely based on who has the most status, how did they ever get the understanding necessary to build an atom bomb, Bob?
Right, like Halo. Except that millions of people like Halo even in the absence of a well-funded indoctrination campaign, and the fact that expressing appreciation for Halo won’t endear them to the kewl kids of art.
It’s not very impressive if people start to enjoy something after they’ve
You have to adjust for stuff like that.
Well said!