He didn't claim that our innate appreciation for specific forms might imply that we make good decisions about how to find more.
What he did say was that our degree of appreciation for proven designs, founded in evidence, seems to show that, as animals, we have buttons buried deep within us, that these designs manage to push.
We all seem to like the same thing, once someone finds it or figures it out, even without knowing specifically why. Certain shapes and designs seem to transcend language, education, formal training and analytical judgement.
There are rule sets that seem to appeal to us, instictively, and yet spaceships are not bound by those "rules of instinctive appeal" even though qualitatively, we can't state what those rules are or where they come from.
The mystery, regarding where that post-hoc appeal comes from is what's interesting.
Not that people aren't master draftsman, and materials scientists out of the womb.
He didn't claim that our innate appreciation for specific forms might imply that we make good decisions about how to find more.
What he did say was that our degree of appreciation for proven designs, founded in evidence, seems to show that, as animals, we have buttons buried deep within us, that these designs manage to push.
We all seem to like the same thing, once someone finds it or figures it out, even without knowing specifically why. Certain shapes and designs seem to transcend language, education, formal training and analytical judgement.
There are rule sets that seem to appeal to us, instictively, and yet spaceships are not bound by those "rules of instinctive appeal" even though qualitatively, we can't state what those rules are or where they come from.
The mystery, regarding where that post-hoc appeal comes from is what's interesting.
Not that people aren't master draftsman, and materials scientists out of the womb.