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Subject:Re: The Myth of Seven, Plus or Minus Two From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:01:52 -0500
Goober Writer wrote:
> I'm going to take a stab at a new theory. I'm not
> using studies to support it though, as studies can
> obviously be misused and misinterpreted, therefore
> studies are inaccurate.
>
> My theory is that people are big, dumb, stupid,
> over-critical, incredibly subjective, and highly
> opinionated masses of complex protein. Each person
> will do something different, and claim their way is
> best. No one will be completely happy with anything.
>
> So, either design something that is 100% subjectively
> intuitive for each and every person, or build what you
> can and tell the whiners to sit on their thumbs.
>
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