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Re: Nothing unusual about that I guess. [nt]

Wellfed:

If you felt good about paying more for bottled spring water because you believed it was better for you than tap water, would you pay extra for it?

Let's say you said yes.

Now you find out that you were paying more for mere tap water in a "Spring Water" bottle, and that all of the "good feelings" you got from drinking the clear liquid were not from physical health improvements, but from psychological factors - the very BELIEF in the water's holistic properties?

Here is the IMPORTANT question:

Do you change brands because you are mad that you paid more for regular water? Or do you remain a loyal customer, and be grateful that you simply felt better... even if it was the result of your own imagination? Should we test spring water to see if really comes from springs?

Is it okay if I trick you into paying money so that you are using only the power of your own imagination to perceive the alleged positive effects of my product? Even if you get a pleasurable feeling from the trick? Even if you think your music sounds better? Even if you think your water came from a freshwater well or spring?

Wellfed - there are people out there that HONESTLY BELIEVE that audiophiles are fools deserving to be fooled and robbed of their money and will say anything to get that money. Do you think concerning ourselves with which tweaks are real and which are fake is a bad thing? Do you think that *I* think that it's okay for someone to sell you a mere figment of your own imagination at 2000% profit?

Once I was told by an inmate that they would continue to use a tweak that they BELIEVED to work, even if they found out that it ultimately had no effect. So I ask this: if this is true, then why do we need PRODUCTS THAT DO NOTHING to inspire our imagination?

Why don't we just sit and imagine a better sounding system?

For free?

My friend always says "I used to buy bottled water until someone told me that 'Evian' is just 'Naive' spelled backwards."

Cheers,
Presto

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