P Floding;179893 Wrote: > > Negative results: > > 1. We would like to prove that there exists red cars. > 2. We observe cars. > 3a. We see red car. We have proven that at least one red car exists. > or > 3b. We never see a red car. We didn't prove a single thing. This is > what's called a "negative result".
Well, we had this debate before. You can find it if you search the forum - there is no such logical distinction (a statement is equal to the negation of its negation, so obviously you can't classify statements as positive or negative). Sometimes the negation of some statement is much more difficult to prove, such as your example here; sometimes it's the other way around. In any case, for blind testing, what is being tested is whether or not the subject can actually hear a difference. A "positive" result provides evidence that s/he can, a "negative" result that s/he can't. That's it; the "negative" result is just as meaningful and just as useful. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32352 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
