Monkeys get a silver in Abstract Art Olympics
Physics and Society
2011-12-08 v1 Applications
Abstract
Experiment shows that art students prefer abstract art to monkey art in about two-third of the cases. Since the number is above 50%, some argue that abstract art is different and better than animal art. I compare this result with figure skating competitions, where on average 73% of judges prefer gold medalist to silver medalist. This means that the difference between abstract artists and animal artists is less than the difference between gold and silver medalists.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1112.1669,
title = {Monkeys get a silver in Abstract Art Olympics},
author = {M. V. Simkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.1669},
year = {2011}
}
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