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Most people don't have the time or energy to evaluate all the possible factors that determine something's quality, so we use "irrational" methods of rapidly gauging whether something is worth our time and attention.

That's great. If you aren't actually going to look at something in detail, you don't need to post a comment. Also, if seven other people have already posted the same comment, you can probably also not post.

(If you don't have the time to evaluate something in detail, you also don't have time to post a comment claiming you evaluated something in detail.)



I don't think I made my point clear enough that it is in fact the little things that often influence whether or not we commit resources to a particular activity. You're right to suggest that just reposting the same comments about it being ugly is not useful, but some of the posters (including myself) tried to help.

The reason I posted a comment in detail is because I'm interested in evaluating and discussing human behavior.

Oh and you kinda seemed like your were riding on the high horse of holy practicality, and I just wanted to ruffle that up a bit. Whatever it takes to keep the discussion interesting, ya know?




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