I really agree with the essentials of what you write:
- "surprised that this whole thing is confusing and dividing so many people"
- "the dress could be either and the photo doesn't really give enough context to say anything definitive"
I have used the same two arguments to explain why this hype appeared in the first place, and why the "scientific" analysis many people try to follow is conceptually wrong. Blog post and corresponding discussion can be found here:
- "surprised that this whole thing is confusing and dividing so many people"
- "the dress could be either and the photo doesn't really give enough context to say anything definitive"
I have used the same two arguments to explain why this hype appeared in the first place, and why the "scientific" analysis many people try to follow is conceptually wrong. Blog post and corresponding discussion can be found here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9120940