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In Reply to: Trusting your senses posted by Presto on March 20, 2007 at 15:43:46:
The following quote from wikipedia explains a lot IMHO about the audiophile experience. The audiophile experiences cognitive dissonance in first hearing that $2500 cartridge. The mind wrestles between the reality that it doesn't sound any better and the believe that it must, especially since I just spent $2500.john
Quote: Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term which describes the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time. More precisely, it is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, where "cognition" is defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior.
The theory of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive.
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