[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/31/10 9:09 CDT, Torarin wrote:
> 2010/8/31 BCS<none at anon.com>:
>> Hello Torarin,
>>
>>> So reviews are useless?
>>>
>>
>> Without context, yes they are useless. With context, your just looking at
>> correlation: i.e "we like/dislike the same things".
>
> I can understand the premise of the view that art cannot be
> quality-assessed, but I think there are still clichés, formulas, poor
> execution like bad acting, unrealistic dialog, etc., that can be
> pointed out by experienced reviewers.
>
> Torarin

Relevant reading:

http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html

Art is indeed a relational value (has value only defined jointly by a 
creator and a recipient) but that doesn't make it wholly relative.


Andrei