How do you know matters of taste are unlikely to be useful?
Is taste arbitrary?
Do human preferences have a basis?
Do human preferences have constraints?
If so, are these bases or constraints available for academic study?
Is taste arbitrary?
Do human preferences have a basis?
Do human preferences have constraints?
If so, are these bases or constraints available for academic study?
Can you suggest bases and/or constraints? If you can make a coherent theory of it, then sure, that'd* be worthy of inquiry. (cf gp)
* similar to how stat mech. and quantum have very little to say about any individual transition, but can discriminate over the macro-states available to a whole collection of micro-states?