> We've been around this before, Quinn, but I really don't think
> critics are parasites or second-level (in the Platonic sense)
> thinkers; I don't think they are hitching a ride.  I've seen
> criticism that is a thousand times more creative than the
> original work it is discussing.  Criticism is a natural human
> activity, like art, and it IS an art.

Heck, there's a whole chapter in JI that goes into how important the
critic/viewer/reader is to the process.

My comment about too many critics wasn't meant in much seriousness.

I believe that readers, critics, et al. complete the work. Without
them -- the work is dead paper.

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