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@geoffkait
Kite was VP engineering at Audio Precision. The company that makes and sells audio test instruments that manufacturers and Stereophile use. So he was biased towards measurements...but I wouldn’t totally dismiss what he says unless I was a Snake Oil Salesman.
>>>Good for him. I judge a person by his words, not his credentials. You know, saying a person is correct because of his credentials or education is a big red flag🚩- you know, an Appeal to Authority. Besides, I didn’t totally dismiss what he says. But I did stop reading when I saw where he was coming from. His “audio myths” are frequently Strawman arguments, I.e., pseudo arguments, made up arguments. For example, nobody thinks that analog has unlimited bandwidth or has unlimited resolution. That’s absurd. Another Strawman argument of Kite’s is his supposed audio myth that cables act as rectifiers. Huh? Nobody ever said that. Where does he come up with this stuff? Give me a break! Alas, he’s just another pseudo skeptic with an axe to grind. The internet is littered with them. You don’t have to look too hard 👀 to find some PhD in something or another that has it in for audiophiles. In fact, “Zen and the Art of Debunkery” was actually about folks like Kite. To whit,
“As the millennium turns, science seems in many ways to be treading the weary path of the religions it presumed to replace. Where free, dispassionate inquiry once reigned, emotions now run high in the defense of a fundamentalized "scientific truth." As anomalies mount up beneath a sea of denial, defenders of the Faith and the Kingdom cling with increasing self-righteousness to the hull of a sinking paradigm. Faced with provocative evidence of things undreamt of in their philosophy, many otherwise mature scientists revert to a kind of skeptical infantilism characterized by blind faith in the absoluteness of the familiar. Small wonder, then, that so many promising fields of inquiry remain shrouded in superstition, ignorance, denial, disinformation, taboo . . . and debunkery.
Put on the right face. Cultivate a condescending air certifying that your personal opinions are backed by the full faith and credit of God. Adopting a disdainful, upper-class manner is optional but highly recommended.”
😛
@geoffkait
Kite was VP engineering at Audio Precision. The company that makes and sells audio test instruments that manufacturers and Stereophile use. So he was biased towards measurements...but I wouldn’t totally dismiss what he says unless I was a Snake Oil Salesman.
>>>Good for him. I judge a person by his words, not his credentials. You know, saying a person is correct because of his credentials or education is a big red flag🚩- you know, an Appeal to Authority. Besides, I didn’t totally dismiss what he says. But I did stop reading when I saw where he was coming from. His “audio myths” are frequently Strawman arguments, I.e., pseudo arguments, made up arguments. For example, nobody thinks that analog has unlimited bandwidth or has unlimited resolution. That’s absurd. Another Strawman argument of Kite’s is his supposed audio myth that cables act as rectifiers. Huh? Nobody ever said that. Where does he come up with this stuff? Give me a break! Alas, he’s just another pseudo skeptic with an axe to grind. The internet is littered with them. You don’t have to look too hard 👀 to find some PhD in something or another that has it in for audiophiles. In fact, “Zen and the Art of Debunkery” was actually about folks like Kite. To whit,
“As the millennium turns, science seems in many ways to be treading the weary path of the religions it presumed to replace. Where free, dispassionate inquiry once reigned, emotions now run high in the defense of a fundamentalized "scientific truth." As anomalies mount up beneath a sea of denial, defenders of the Faith and the Kingdom cling with increasing self-righteousness to the hull of a sinking paradigm. Faced with provocative evidence of things undreamt of in their philosophy, many otherwise mature scientists revert to a kind of skeptical infantilism characterized by blind faith in the absoluteness of the familiar. Small wonder, then, that so many promising fields of inquiry remain shrouded in superstition, ignorance, denial, disinformation, taboo . . . and debunkery.
Put on the right face. Cultivate a condescending air certifying that your personal opinions are backed by the full faith and credit of God. Adopting a disdainful, upper-class manner is optional but highly recommended.”
😛