This is getting way off topic.. but I just have to post this link in support of Dan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfv-Qn1M58I On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Dan Saffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Angel Marquez wrote: > >> >>nothing was created specifically to meet a human need >> >> I'm not sure if I agree with this. I just ate a banana and it was good. >> Did my ancestors not eat bananas? > > I'm sure they did, but the banana wasn't "designed" to be eaten by humans, > to fulfill our hunger. (Your theology may vary.) > > Like all plants, its purpose is to reproduce itself, and the fruit evolved > as an efficient means to assist the plant in doing that. > > Dan > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- personal: [email protected] twitter: emenel ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
