Relevant Good Feeling:
Baby ducks all walking in a row!
Relevant photo on Flickr (Flickr Search for baby ducks).
Ducks are pretty cute; specifically baby ducks. It also appears that the cuteness of baby ducks is directly proportional to how ordered their arrangement is. This is in contrast with most art (excluding modern art) when it is appropriate to have the paint non-uniformally distributed in both location and colour (otherwise the result would be brown). I’ve attempted to graph this relationship below:
Cuteness vs Position Graph.
It can be observed that the cuteness increases dramatically (exponentially) with the more ordered the ducks become. I don’t dare graph what would happen if a duck was to become President or at least hold some sort of formal meeting (perhaps a conference). The measurement scale is the general sound of ‘Aww’ you would here if you were in the area of the occurance; it is a combination of your own ‘Aww’ and the surroudning and resulting ‘Awws’ the image would produce.
If you think about it more, it seems that anything that we may consider something as beautiful or cute if it is “difficult to order” and happens to be in an ordered state. This applies to algorithms, dresses, dances, furniture, and – apparently – ducks. Maybe it also applies to other animals, say, bears, but an ordered group of bears is more likely to be scary than cute. Clearly more anaylsis of this phenomen is required. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy the ducks!
Tags: analysis, good feeling
