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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I've no reason to doubt your findings, Hitch; you've always been a straight-shooter. But I'd be lying if I said they didn't sadden me greatly if true. It implies that the book-buying public at large, are freakin' raccoons rather than readers. Shouldn't surprise me, I guess, but still. If you don't mind, I'm going to go hug a few great books with nondescript covers.  |
Diap:
It IS depressing. But it's simply the way humans are built--crows. Shiny, pretty things. It works on movie posters. It works on frozen food, amazingly. (I once had a website about frozen food. The overwhelming truth there is, if you stand in the frozen food aisle for a while, and watch people pick dinners, it's almost ALWAYS the best picture on the box. ALWAYS, particularly, no offense, for male buyers.)
We are programmed to look for the best-looking mate. We love symmetry, and consider it beautiful. The bright colors, I can't speak to so much. I'm sure that there is some evolutionary biological reason for that.
We, Diap, expect that people will rise above the simplicity of the primal brain, but we don't in mating--not really, no matter what we tell ourselves--and we don't in many other things. We still have "pack" or "tribe" behavior, my tribe against your tribe (sports, anyone?). Politics?
So, the fact that the human eye is entranced by a pretty thing during an Amazon search...just doesn't surprise me. ;-)
Hitch