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Subject: Subtlety, sophistication, complexity, and refinement
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Date: Sun, 1-Feb-87 02:19:09 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  1 02:19:09 1987
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Really-From: ma179aaa@sdcc3.UCSD.EDU (Stephen A Bloch)

Yes, IED, I've read what you said.  Over and over.  But I'm inclined
to dispute that "subtlety, sophistication, complexity, and refinement"
are themselves objectively measurable, for the simple reason that if
person A finds music X more SSC&R than music Y, and person B thinks
the other way around, person A can say (perhaps justifiably) that
music X was _too_ SSC&R for person B to appreciate.  That way lies bad
feeling.