berner99,
There are any number of things that very large numbers of people believe in that simply are not true. I would be here probably all night making up a list of them, and we are not talking 1 or 2 people, we are talking millions (or more).
You have to admit there is a big difference from "heard a difference" and "thought I heard a difference", with the latter being the case 99% of the time on these forums. Anyone who thinks they are immune to bias w.r.t what they are hearing is fooling only themselves. Our memory for subtle audio differences is exceptionally poor. Mood alone, changes in sitting position, etc. will have bigger impacts than many things discussed. Humidity will have a bigger effect. This bias is why anyone who researches audible effects uses at a minimum blind testing and preferably double blind testing. Even ad-hoc blind tests can show a perceived difference really was not there.
Quoting Max Planck w.r.t. what is discussed here is akin to giving validity to those who promote the earth being flat. A scientist will listen to anecdotal evidence to provide inspiration, but, and a big but, they don't accept it as factual until tested, as above, with proper tests. Then they will try to isolate causes and effects. You will note the loudest proponents of "questionable" sonic methods are the ones most against any formal testing. Why is that? What are they afraid of (other than being wrong)?
berner9922 posts12-09-2019 2:59pmA large number of posts on many threads boil down to:
i have theory that says what you hear isn’t possible (by the stated mechanism) so you must be wrong, or deluded.
Certainly
people can want to believe things, and certainly their are dishonest
people, but if a large number of people hear a difference it seems
reasonable that it might be worth checking out. Unless of course you
are posting for other reasons.
and David and C3 (if he’s posting
on this thread) you both need to reread that quote by the physicist in
the other thread. It was a max Planck quote about how new beliefs
spread (and don’t)