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In Reply to: RE: I want to add.... posted by TubeAcolyte on October 14, 2015 at 09:33:46
...but you wasted all that time writing something I didn't bother reading. Too bad.
Believe what you want, no problem.
But when you go around telling people they didn't hear what they reported, well, it's time to say, adios, amoeba!
(Must burn your butt to know I got the last word, and you didn't Hee-hee!)
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"But when you go around telling people they didn't hear what they reported, well, it's time to say, adios, amoeba!"I can sympathise with your feeling, but how would you counter the observation that there clearly exist people who sincerely believe that they hear phenomena that are imagined? A look at the "Tweakers' Forum" will show that there are people who have convinced themselves that they hear differences that are not real. How is an outside observer, who quite properly approaches the subject with a healthy scepticism, to weed out the chaff from the wheat?
The answer clearly cannot be that one should never reject claims unless one has tried them oneself. If I make an obviously ridiculous claim, such as that the soundstage is improved by burying a teapot at the bottom of the garden, you would not, I hope, feel that you would have to test it yourself before rejecting the assertion? It is reasonable to apply some measure of common sense, and make use of the accumulated understanding of basic physical principles, in order to decide sometimes that a claimed effect does not need to be tested in order to be rejected without testing.
Some of the claims on the "tweakers' forum" are almost as manifestly absurd as my manufactured example above. And yet, those who make those claims are, I presume, sincere in their belief that they really do hear a difference. Thus, the mere fact that somebody asserts that they hear something and they "trust their ears" cannot, of itself, be sufficient as an argument to expect others to accept it. And, indeed, since it is well established that the brain can easily be fooled into perceiving sensations that are not real, even the person reporting the effect should be willing to admit to themselves the possibility that they are imagining what they think they hear. Double-blind testing seems to be about the only way to eliminate these possibilities.
Chris
Edits: 10/17/15
Wait, what? What was that? I couldn't hear you over the money I saved not turning my tubes into icicles.
And I'll bet you did read it.
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May your tubes be lively, warm, and long-lasting. Holy be thy heater.
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