# Thought Experiment: Do You Like This Artist's Work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404 "2011-11-19T00:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/61 "2011-11-21T09:04:42Z")
If anything, I think knowing they are Hitler’s work makes people appreciate them more, as, if they weren’t Hitler’s, I don’t think anyone would have ever seen them. They’re just generic. In fact, I knew it was Hitler’s work partly by the mediocrity (and partly because I remember a few.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/62 "2011-11-21T09:44:45Z")
Yo **Qin Shi Huangdi** , I’m another who wants to know: what’s the thought experiment? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/63 "2011-11-21T18:18:19Z")
Meh. I neither like nor dislike them, so I voted other. I guessed they were Hitler’s pretty quickly. They’re OK. Much better than I can do, but then again, I’m not an artist either. They’re just nothing that interest me. I’m also not sure what the point of the whole exercise is. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/64 "2011-11-21T18:32:39Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Meh. I neither like nor dislike them, so I voted other. I guessed they were Hitler’s pretty quickly. They’re OK. Much better than I can do, but then again, I’m not an artist either. They’re just nothing that interest me. > > I’m also not sure what the point of the whole exercise is. To not get caught trying for a cheap “gotcha”? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/65 "2011-11-21T18:39:22Z")
Ah Hitler. Interesting twist. They remind me more of old timey postcards than paintings so I thought perhaps the twist would be that they were some kind of photograph tracing technique. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/66 "2011-11-21T18:58:39Z")
Is this Qin person really young? Like high school or something? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/67 "2011-11-21T20:57:55Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > They are hotel room good. Inane, bland, but pleasing enough. I came in to post the exact same thing. I would be surprised to see them hanging in someone’s home, or in a museum, but they’re exactly the kind of thing that I’d expect to see in a hotel. They’re fairly well executed, for the most part. Probably better than what most adults could do, from a draftsmanship sense. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/68 "2011-11-21T21:05:07Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Is this Qin person really young? Like high school or something? Yes, he is. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/69 "2011-11-21T21:08:37Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Yes, he is. Ok, makes sense. This is maybe a good “thought experiment” for a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/70 "2011-11-21T21:59:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > To not get caught trying for a cheap “gotcha”? To see if he can start a thread without the Usual Suspects jumping in and threadshitting? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/71 "2011-11-23T00:56:05Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’ll ask again then: what was the “thought experiment” that you were conducting? Just to see if one’s opinion of the work will be affected by the life of the artist. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/72 "2011-11-23T02:01:00Z")
I voted No, Not Really. Learning the author’s name left me in the same place. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/73 "2011-11-23T02:06:26Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Just to see if one’s opinion of the work will be affected by the life of the artist. No, if it did, I’d be all, “Good GOD, that’s horrid, and the person who did it must be a really fucked up individual!” 😉 No, it’s just sucks. I’m guessing that if Hitler had taken the initiative, he could have improved, MAYBE. But it’s just really uninspired and bland. No personality. You would have thought that someone like Hitler would do art that would involved puppies being stabbed or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404/74 "2011-11-23T23:44:13Z")
This is not a thought experiment, it’s an actual experiment that is poorly designed . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-do-you-like-this-artists-work/603404.md?page=3)