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From: Mark Darrall <mdarrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 15:21:14 -0700
Tano,
> I don't understand it either. When you realize that the 'reality' around us
> is a very high resolution image in "real" time it becomes difficult to
> conceive of any desire to imitate it with machinery.
Or with foamcore and illustration board! My biggest gripe about school here is
that they lock us up, expect us to be in studio, en charrette, for weeks at a
time, and then go out and relate to the outside world as designers? Huh? I've
advised people (and I really need to heed my own counsel) that the best thing
they can do for their design is go take a walk.
> However, this exponentially improving imitation does provide users with a
> gradual understanding of the basic mechanisms of the natural one and in that
> sense is empowering them in the same way that the world-wide use of
> software developed in tens of thousands of very intelligent man-hours is
> teaching so many, and especially so many young people, the rudiments of
> logic, geometry, etc.
True enough, especially with full-speed animation and sound. But it needs to be
done in conjuction with exposure to the real thing.
More field trips!!
Mark