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In Reply to: Re: Science only advances through careful observation... posted by Steve Eddy on March 15, 2005 at 14:08:23:
"...and as observational listeners we are attempting to define real audible differences for the scientists to try to measure.But your subjective perceptions alone do not necessarily prove that there are real audible differences. We know this because we know humans can perceive differences even in the absence of any real differences.
Until that ambiguity can be accounted for other than by vanity and ego, then there's not much point in measuring…"
It's very true that there's not much point in measuring based on only one person's report, but I think that situation changes when there's large numbers of people making similar reports. Large numbers of people doesn't guarantee that the observations are accurate, but it's a lot better indication that there MAY be something going on than the observations of only one person and at some point it becomes simpler and quicker to make the measurements than it is to question every individual making a report.And, of course, there are a few other things that may explain the ambiguity in some cases a lot more accurately than "vanity and ego". As an exhaustive list or an indication of where the problem might lie, the choice of those 2 options as the only options presented is a little perjorative.
David Aiken
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Follow Ups
- Minor corrections… - David Aiken 17:11:20 03/15/05 (3)
- Gentlemen another problem is. - chris_w 05:35:29 03/19/05 (0)
- Re: Minor corrections… - Steve Eddy 21:52:02 03/15/05 (1)
- Re: Minor corrections… - David Aiken 23:38:23 03/15/05 (0)
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