Are cable recommendations worth anything?

How does that make sense and how can this possibly help the poor slob that asked the question?

It can’t because the poor slob didn’t ask the right question.  Garbage in, garbage out.  He got exactly what he deserved IMO. 

I can tell you unequivocally, without any reservations, that you should definitely use cables.

Most things after that are going to be personal preference or budget. I once had a salesman suggest a cable that cost more than the component it was connecting. It may have been phenomenal, but I could never bring myself to even try it. And just because you set an arbitrary budget doesn’t mean there isn’t an acceptable or even preferable option at a fraction of the price. I imagine a lot of people have a box full of “okay” cables that they don’t use anymore. I know I’m starting to accumulate a few. Maybe your ears or your system aren’t resolving enough to make a difference apparent. And that’s okay. Maybe you’ll feel better about it if you spend a little more or get a deal. That’s okay, too.

People will offer recommendations of what worked for them in their systems. They may or may not have ever tried other options. Best suggestion I’ve read above was to pick a price point first, and then try a few cables if you can return the ones you don’t like. If I had done that I wouldn’t have so many spare cables. 

To simply answer the question "are cable recommendations worth anything?"
To me, no they're not. 

Care to give examples of something 100% provable where results came back 50-50 with a double blind test?   How can you skew bias when you have no idea what is being tested. That makes no sense.

Double blind tests are nothing more than a parlor trick, right up there with seances. You can take something 100% provable and subject people to a DB "test" and come back with 50-50 results. All it proves is that uncertainty increases under the guise of testing. Bias is never eliminated but skewed for all the wrong, unanticipated reasons.

If we eliminate double blind tests what should science replace them with to control for bias? I always thought they were critical in understanding if something worked independent of our wants. Double blind testing could substantiate cable claims as easy as refute them.