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Sep 27 2007 12:00am EDT

The Science of Clutter

Mostly, I'm amazed that a number of scientists are apparently spending a ton of time coming up with systems to measure clutter. This is apparently useful in understanding things like Web site design, and an enterprising parent might be able to tie a teenager's allowance to whether he or she keeps the bedroom under a certain clutter index number.

Still, probably not a Nobel prize in that...

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