Re: "...We can gain insights into the origin and nature of aesthetic judgment. For example, neurobiological monitoring...[has] shown that the brain is most aroused by patterns in which there is about a 20 percent redundancy of elements..."

[joseph berg]

 On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 5:13 AM, <cheers...@aol.com> wrote:

>
> Jack Benny's punchline   in what is often said to be the most successful
> radio joke ever applies to me.   (Benny, a notorious cheapskate, is
> accosted
> at night by a mugger who says, "Your money or your life!" There follows a
> long, long, long silence. The studio audience took a bit of time to catch
> on.
> Then the laugh began -- and it grew and grew, until the mugger growls
> again: "Didn't you hear me?! I said your money or your life!"   The
> laughter
> went
> volcanic when Benny finally responded:
>  "I'm thinking! I'm thinking!")
>

I would have said:

- I'm thinking!  I'm thinking!  Don't...........................RUSH me!