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| Dec 15, 2009 3:27 pm |
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The ART of ARGUMENT, or I love a good fight on networks? |
Ken Hilving
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Borrowed and modified from an article on what makes great art. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200907/unlocking-the-mysteries-the-artistic-mind
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PEAK SHIFT: We find deliberate distortions of a stimulus even more exciting than the stimulus itself.
GROUPING: It feels nice when the distinct parts of an issue can be grouped into a pattern or form. The brain likes to find the signal amid the noise.
BALANCE: Successful argument makes use of its entire representational space, and spreads its information across the entire canvas.
CONTRAST: It's particularly pleasing for the brain to find rich contrast, like thick black outlines or sharp angles.
ISOLATION: Sometimes less is more. By reducing reality to its most essential features amplifies the signals we normally have to search for.
PERCEPTUAL PROBLEM SOLVING: Just as we love solving crossword puzzles, we love to "solve" abstract issues.
SYMMETRY: Symmetrical things are more attractive than asymmetrical ones.
REPETITION, RHYTHM, ORDERLINESS: Beauty is inseparable from the appearance of order. Arguments of subtle repetitions or formal rhythms, appear more elegant and composed.
GENERIC PERSPECTIVE: We prefer things that can be observed from multiple viewpoints to the fragmentary perspective of a single point.
METAPHOR: Metaphor encourages us to see the world in a new way: Two unrelated objects are directly compared, giving birth to a new idea.
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