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Kevin Kirton <kevin -at- k-tecs -dot- co -dot- jp> wrote:
>I'm not sure I understand why this would be impossible to test scientifically.
Asked and answered. See earlier posts.
>
>It's interesting though how ingrained this myth seems to be. To quote from
>GATF's Encylopedia of Graphic Communications (1998), p. 710:
A noted scientific authority? Look. Think back to school. Were the people who went on to become graphic artists choosing their electives in the physics department? The opinion of an author on graphic arts about whether a study was conducted scientifically or not carries no weight in my judgment.
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>FWIW
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Not much, IMO.
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