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>From: petersow@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Wayne Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Intelligence, awareness, and esthetics
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Date: 21 Apr 92 14:16:58 GMT
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MR. Rickert responding to Mr. Biesel:

> However, please keep in mind that many works of art produced by humans in
>the 20th century would have been met with utter revulsion from the art lovers
>of the 19th century.  What is considered good art is highly sensitive to
>cultural influences.  This does not necessarily negate your idea - except
>you are now testing cultural adaptation rather than intelligence.

This same art has been met with utter revulsion from many of us 20th
Century art lovers also, maybe we belong to a different culture or we
are depending on our own experience and not what we are told.

Wayne Peterson
"Human culture is a good place to grow virus...isnt that how
we gotten aids."


