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From: nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison)
Subject: Re: subjectivity
Date: 1997/09/11
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Matt Heaney wrote:

:..He argues that complexity depends on people's interests..

and 

:.. we associate complexity with anything we find difficult to understand."

I wrote:

:The interest factor may be quite relevant here. My interest in minimality,
:uniqueness etc. certainly colours my own perception of simplicity.

Taking this further, we might recognise that these qualities (minimality,
uniqueness etc. promote understanding, not just in individuals, but in 
people generally. 

This leaves us with:

  Minimality, uniqueness etc. promotes 
  understandability which promotes 
  the perception of simplicity.

Caveat: I acknowledge that other people may be interested in other things - 
for example, redundancy, multiple ways of doing things, interdependencies, 
inconsistency etc.


W. Wesley Groleau wrote:

:I rest my case.

Likewise.


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