In Reply to: Hifitommy... posted by kerr on November 11, 2016 at 07:11:46:
We don't know whether the added variable is helpful or harmful. All we know is that adding the visual changes the result.
Here's a true anecdote from my college days:
There was a life size sculpture of a human male figure in the area where I used to walk my Malamute. My dog would bark and growl at the sculpture, thinking that it was a threat. Though I never tried it, I'm sure that my dog would not have barked had he been blindfolded. Was he a better watch dog without the blindfold?
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Follow Ups
- My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - Jay Buridan 18:18:05 11/11/16 (8)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - kerr 13:56:33 11/14/16 (0)
- blind and sighted - hifitommy 13:34:07 11/13/16 (0)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - hahax@verizon.net 19:01:56 11/11/16 (5)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - andy_c 23:36:52 11/24/16 (0)
- I like the speakers that Toole designed for Infinity - Jay Buridan 11:00:13 11/12/16 (3)
- Toole didn't design any Infinity speakers, or any Harman speakers for that matter (nt) - andy_c 23:56:28 11/24/16 (1)
- You're right. Designer was Allan Devantier - Jay Buridan 04:58:44 11/25/16 (0)
- holding the bag (their bags)... Ouch! - hifitommy 13:35:25 11/13/16 (0)