class: center middle section-title section-title-2 animated fadeIn # Truth and Beauty --- class: title title-2 # Why even care about design? .center[ <figure> <img src="img/01/why-design.png" alt="Why care about design?" title="Why care about design?" width="100%"> </figure> ] --- class: middle .box-2.huge[Good design<br>enhances truth] --- layout: true class: title title-2 --- # What is truth? .box-inv-2.medium[Core principles of the universe?] -- .box-inv-2.medium[Underlying trends in society?] -- .box-inv-2.medium[Something transcendental?] -- .box-inv-2.medium[Reality?] --- # How do we find truth? .box-inv-2.medium[Science!] .center[ <figure> <img src="img/01/ndgt-scientism.png" alt="Neil deGrasse Tyson on science" title="Neil deGrasse Tyson on science" width="70%"> </figure> ] ??? [Original tweet](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/345551599382446081) --- # But wait! .box-inv-2.medium.sp-after[Beware of scientism!] .box-2["… promotion of science as the best or only<br>objective means by which society should determine<br>normative and epistemological values"] ??? [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism) --- # Science is not the only way .box-inv-2.medium[Art] .box-inv-2.medium[Music] .box-inv-2.medium[Literature] .box-inv-2.medium[Religion] .box-inv-2.medium[Nature] ??? None of these methods deal with raw facts, though! --- # Nothing here is factual… .box-inv-2[…but it all reveals truth] .pull-left[ .pull-left[ <figure> <img src="img/01/les-mis.jpg" alt="Cosette" title="Cosette" width="100%"> <figcaption>Cosette from <em>Les Misérables</em></figcaption> </figure> ] .pull-right[ <figure> <img src="img/01/King_Lear.jpg" alt="King Lear" title="King Lear" width="100%"> <figcaption>King Lear</figcaption> </figure> ] ] .pull-right[ <figure> <img src="img/01/beethoven.png" alt="Beethoven's 9th" title="Beethoven's 9th" width="100%"> <figcaption>Beethoven's 9th symphony</figcaption> </figure> ] ??? Sources: - [Cosette](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cosette-sweeping-les-miserables-albert-bellenger-1886.jpg) - [King Lear](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Lear.jpg) - [Beethoven](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beethoven,_Symphony_No._9,_finale,_bars_116-123.png) --- layout: false class: middle .box-2.huge[Facts ≠ truth] --- class: middle .box-2.large.sp-after[Where does truth come when<br>there are no facts?] -- .box-inv-2.huge[Beauty] --- layout: true class: title title-2 --- # Rhetoric and beauty .box-inv-2[λόγος • λέξις] .box-inv-2.tiny.sp-after[Logos • Lexis] .box-inv-2[Res • Verba] .box-inv-2[Essence • Structure] .box-inv-2.sp-after[Content • Form] .box-2.medium[Truth • Beauty] ??? One is the underlying metaphysical meaning—what the author or artist intends. The other is *how* they convey that message—what it looks like, what they used, etc. --- # Content + form .box-inv-2.large[Art is how we translate core,<br>essential **content** (or truth!)<br>to different **forms**<br>for specific **audiences**.] --- # Truth is beautiful .box-inv-2.medium[Truth comes from aesthetic<br>combination of content and form.] -- .box-inv-2.medium[Raw facts must be<br>communicated through some form.] -- .box-inv-2.medium[**Beauty** shapes that form.]