15th February 2003, 10:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 15th February 2003, 10:28 AM by Nintendarse.)
MgL: Enjoyment of entertainment is not a definite quantity, as you imply by saying that your taste is more accurate than my taste. People can form individual feelings on entertainment value, but does that mean that the person who has the popular taste is accurate? Imagine the world emodied by a room with yourself and 1000 young children. 1001 bouncy, plastic balls are released into the room. Everyone is encouraged to play. When the entertainment value of the balls are rated by the population, all of the children give the ball a 10, while you give it a 1. Are you wrong to feel that the bouncy ball is simply not entertaining? Is there something defective in your taste? Or perhaps, as you would claim, all of the children are wrong? Obviously, from your perspective, you cannot be wrong. And from a child's perspective, she cannot be wrong. And who is to say that you are a better judge of entertainment value when the popularity argument is turned against you? Maybe there is a better alternative. Maybe this is not a contest to see who is better at finding the absolute quantity of entertainment of a ball. Maybe both of you are right. The child is a good judge of entertainment for herself, and you are a good judge of entertainment for youself. Imagine then that the child goes up to you and says that you are wrong to think that the ball is not entertaining. Is she a good judge of entertainment value for you? Obviously not. So, as we return to our world, I must ask, "Are you a good judge of entertainment value for me?"
I can make the assumption that you are trying to force your opinion onto me because you stated the following:
But, what fits with the model proposed above is that, yes, you are an accurate judge of entertainment for people like you, but you are the best judge of entertainment for people exactly like you (a.k.a. yourself). But by making the above statement, you assumed that all of your audience (us) is like you. That, my friend, is a dangerous assumption.
I can make the assumption that you are trying to force your opinion onto me because you stated the following:
Quote:...I see no reason why you should be looking forward to this.
But, what fits with the model proposed above is that, yes, you are an accurate judge of entertainment for people like you, but you are the best judge of entertainment for people exactly like you (a.k.a. yourself). But by making the above statement, you assumed that all of your audience (us) is like you. That, my friend, is a dangerous assumption.