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Proof a mind is working, not that it's broken.
means The state of being disordered or untidy — too many things, not enough system, visible from across the room.
from Built from 'messy' plus the noun suffix '-ness.' 'Messy' comes from 'mess,' which entered English from Old French 'mes' (a portion or dish of food, from Latin 'missus,' something put or placed, from 'mittere,' to send or put). A mess originally meant a serving of food — then a mixed dish of odds and ends — then, by the 1800s, any confused jumble. '-ness' is an old Germanic suffix for turning a quality into a thing you can point at, so 'messiness' is literally 'the condition of being a mixed-up dish.'
- desk study
- Cluttered desks boost creative thinking, per Minnesota research
- entropy tax
- Universe trends toward disorder; tidying is temporary rebellion
- creative types
- Einstein and Dahl both had legendarily chaotic desks
- hidden cost
- Looks lazy, often hides a working system only you read