WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM?


I ask the question. Because I have had several discussions on Audiogon where certain posters will try to tell another person what they can or can’t hear in a system. Most of the time never hearing or having experiences either the piece of equipment, cables etc. It is usually against those that spend money on more expensive equipment and cabling. Why is this so prevalent.  

calvinj

There is nothing like a guy who has never even listened to smthg tell me what I’m not hearing because I can not trust my brain not to lie to me. GTFOH! 

OP asks what is perhaps the most profound question ever asked here.  It is one which touches upon age-old human behavior far beyond the narrow confines of high-end audio.

@rodman99999

’ "Feynman was and will remain, my favorite lecturer.... He mentioned often (and: I took to heart) his favorite Rule of Life: "Never stop learning!" ’

 

For me, one of the greatest joys of living longer is having the opportunity, to whatever degree, and depending on my ability, to keep learning.

One thing I have learned is than any faith-based certainty can be, and often is, toxic in one way or another. And all are primitive. Recorded history dates back a mere 5000 years or. Who knows how many more years humans will continue to inhabit this planet?   What might be considered "primitive" to another form of sentient life in say, a million years from now?

 

@ps ...a 1 mil yrs. from now?
All bets off....IF humans survive our current idiocy we won't be what we are now except in some bipedal format....maybe...🤷‍♂️ 200 X current history is a time span we've zero clue about or experienced as a species.
As was noted by D. Adams, "For those of you on the galactic periphery, keep banging those rocks together..." 

Let's see...imho....of course.... ;)

Elon wants to go to Mars. Fine, let him pack for the picnic and go.
Not on my or your dime, no.
Go to the moon 1st and figure out how to do that in the neighborhood.
Learn how to get anywhere faster than we can now.
Establish 'bus service' to the moon, then Mars.

Re other life 'out there'....Galactic Lotto Tix, as outrageous as ours, have wins.
Try to be friendly, but 'they' might treat us like the neighbor with the junk in the yard and the car on cinder blocks.
An open hand may still be considered a clenched fist.

We're clueless. read all the memos.

Don't get cocky:

"We've got nukes!"

We can fry your entire atmosphere in seconds.

Game over, no reboot.
Lucky if there's a pause....

Yours, J