[Sigia-l] Food for thought

[pauric]

I think this sums up the issue as you describe it

"An *Affordance* is an action that an individual can potentially perform in
their environment. However, the more exact meaning depends on whether the
word is used to refer to any such action possibility or only to those which
the actor is aware of, both of which are common uses. The term is used in
the fields of perceptual
psychology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_psychology>,
cognitive psychology
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychology>, environmental
psychology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Psychology>, industrial
design <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design>, human–computer
interaction<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction>(HCI),
interaction
design <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design> and artificial
intelligence <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence>."

and now... cheffing.  If its served on a plate, people might expect it to be
edible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordances