tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post5779530262576270780..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Hazy Skies and Scienceamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-5905172943891271792023-02-02T13:41:47.151-08:002023-02-02T13:41:47.151-08:00Indeed. His last few paintings are pretty wild! I ...Indeed. His last few paintings are pretty wild! I do think the paper deals with that on the grounds that the cataracts came later, though. They did make a credible effort to control for various things, I think. My attitude toward the work is that it's probably methodologically sound. The problem is that the correlation they have established, presumably very very well, doesn't actually mean anything.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-30121797890401879802023-02-02T13:39:28.591-08:002023-02-02T13:39:28.591-08:00I had forgotten that, but yep, last time Turner go...I had forgotten that, but yep, last time Turner got dragged out and propped up for Science it was Krakatoa.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-62910413878598038952023-02-02T13:24:55.505-08:002023-02-02T13:24:55.505-08:00Hi Andrew, I thought it was well established that ...Hi Andrew, I thought it was well established that Monet had cateracts and was slowly losing his sight, hence the blurry paintings. NigelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-7383028578849483142023-02-02T03:59:19.387-08:002023-02-02T03:59:19.387-08:00Remember when lower Manhattan was blanketed with c...Remember when lower Manhattan was blanketed with crack smoke? Explains a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-5444820068714130412023-02-01T17:21:30.375-08:002023-02-01T17:21:30.375-08:00Yeah, and Seurat's paintings are evidence that...Yeah, and Seurat's paintings are evidence that the air around Paris got grainier during his time. And don't get me going on those cubists!Matt Kalliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051484131679998977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-3565722562973814402023-02-01T17:11:34.586-08:002023-02-01T17:11:34.586-08:00I thought Turner's were jizzed up because Krak...I thought Turner's were jizzed up because Krakatoa.David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photonoreply@blogger.com