As an engineer by training, I support the use of beer in any reasonable venue. /fas \V/_ Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Email: [log in to unmask] http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ On 16 March 2013 08:48, CHUA Soo Meng Jude (PLS) <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear Ken, Terry and all, > > Maybe this is what is needed. A friend sent me this today: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilization.html?_r=0 > > Beer: that's a design solution for social cohesion and tolerance of > different viewpoints. We should have a special issue on Beer and Design. > This one sides Terry's materialism, I must say. > > Is it, that when we write our posts, we were always too sober? To abuse > March, maybe beer allows us to leap before we think, and hence to be > explorative, and to entertain the other. > > All best, and literally, Cheers. I'm going for a pint now. > > Jude > ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------