Steven Sullivan wrote:
Harry Lavo wrote:

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snip, not relevant to following


A couople of excerpts: You have probably heard the opinion that blind
people develop better senses of touch and hearing to compensate for their
lack of vision. If you consult with knowledgeable persons you may be told
that this is just a myth. For example, the class notes (PSYC 442Y5Y) of
Professor Sandra Trehub at the University of Toronto recently included the
following statement: "Despite widespread beliefs that blind people have
better hearing (and more sensitive touch) than sighted people (the myth of
sensory compensation), there is no evidence that this is the case. In
fact, vision helps us integrate information across modalities (e.g.,
providing information about what we are hearing or touching). Thus, the
absence of vision may lead to poor performance on many non-visual tasks.

Do you see the irony of insisting that blind testing is "better" than
sighted testing for determining differences in audio discrimination.

It is more accurate and reliable, which is why it's the standard in science
and product testing.

Audiophiles should just learn to live with 'practical' levels of
uncertainty, and stop making foolishly certain claims about what they
hear.


Sullivan again calling the name of Goddess Science in vain
where she has zero to conribute..
If you don't feel in your bones the difference between an
aesthetic judgement (Which is better tasting, more lifelike to
listen to, more beatiful to look at?) and "product evaluation'
I will not make you see it.
Go and advise the music teachers at the conservatory to
grant the degrees by ABX
And remember that it is a a myth that pleases such as you
that "sighted bias" is universal and affects everyone in the
world equally.
A scientist like you must have some convincing statististics
to back such generalisations.
If you haven't them then do please speak for yourself in the future.
(Some hope! Sectarians hang on to the Faith. That's why
they are called sectarians)
Ludovic Mirabel