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finding:approximately-100-people-at-the-dallas-city-hall-council-chamber-in-1992-nodded-in-agreement-with-alexander-s-examples-of-humanity-rising-and-falling-in-dallas-streets-suggesting-shared-phenomenological-response

Approximately 100 people at the Dallas City Hall Council Chamber in 1992 nodded in agreement with Alexander's examples of humanity rising and falling in Dallas streets, suggesting shared phenomenological response

Social validation that the humanity-expanding experience is not idiosyncratic but broadly shared across observers

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Different human observers report very similar results when using the wholeness-feeling test, and their observations converge
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Empirical basis for the objectivity of the second method: inter-observer agreement validates that the wholeness measure tracks something real

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Alexander speech at Dallas City Hall Council Chamber, 1992
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Public event where Alexander presented humanity-expansion examples from Dallas streets to ~100 audience members who confirmed the shared experience

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Experiential case study confirmed by audience nodding at Dallas City Hall Council Chamber in 1992
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The concrete output of the Peru empathic immersion method
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Description of the historical process that created the square, emphasizing the role of latent centers.
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Core claim about the generative power of living process on public space.
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Argues for intersubjective agreement about the quality of life.
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Result from another student experiment comparing a medieval manuscript to a contemporary wall detail.
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A practical conclusion about how to create the public realm after a vision is established