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Replying to @vgr
that’s interesting - I’ve never read a good explanation of the “satisfyingness” quale (a visual that’s inexplicably satisfying to see)
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Replying to @literalbanana
I found one by
@EvanCMalone https://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=800 … - cf. Christopher Alexander’s “fit”@vgr2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @literalbanana @EvanCMalone
Why must you C.Alex everything
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Replying to @vgr @EvanCMalone
it’s not “everything” it’s literally his independent aesthetic conclusion
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Replying to @literalbanana @EvanCMalone
Yeah yeah Fun fact: car companies have design people specifically focused on making sure doors close with a satisfying thunk I bet there’s product design literature on this. I suspect there’s a strong aural component. It’s a kind of anti-music, like anti-jokes.
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why anti-music? a satisfying sound is more music than noise
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Replying to @eric_ruleman @vgr
yeah I’m not a musician but I was thinking about the way that one note is the completion of something set up in others
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oh duh it has a name https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(music) …
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