@prof that is an excellent way to put it
(... if you think tests in which efforts to really control and account for known variables are unreliable...what in the world make you think tests with fewer controls, which allow for all sort of known bias effects, are MORE reliable????)
kind of illustrates the ridiculousness of the whole thing.
I get get a chuckle out of Geoff's approach. If it was a double blind test with everything controlled but the participant didn't hear a difference, we don't accept that result. But if somebody switches their wires willy-nilly and here's a night and day improvement, by golly we'll take that answer!