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Calling Christopher Alexander an idiot in the context of architecture or urbanism is like calling Linus Torvalds a casual programmer. Peak Dunning-Kruger.
by sonofhans 2y ago
Calling Christopher Alexander an idiot in the context of architecture or urbanism is like calling Linus Torvalds a casual programmer. Peak Dunning-Kruger.
- iknowstuff 2y agoThis is an appeal to authority. His arguments were prevalent in the 70s, but no less stupid, and we know better now. We have data to prove it too, unlike his unsubstantiated opinion piece.
- sonofhans 2y agoWell, you seem pretty certain about all this. Most architects and planners I know are less so. I’ve worked with hundreds, and I know very few who would look me in the eye and say, “Yes, I’d rather raise my kid downtown in a high rise over a tree-filled neighborhood next to a park.” Alexander isn’t making arguments about economic efficiency, but about what’s good for the human animal. I’d be curious what data you have to disprove this. Now, if you’re talking about his specific claims like “the higher you are in a building the crazier you get,” yeah, I don’t think much of that supposed data is useful.
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- renewiltord 2y agoOr perhaps like calling Paul Ehrlich, the pre-eminent expert on Malthusian theory, a dabbler in ecology.