pfarrell;373730 Wrote: > jeffmeh wrote: > > Student: Then I suppose that I really cannot tell the difference. > > Master: Exactly. > > Which does not prove that no grasshopper can tell the difference, just > this one. If you used 400 Kung Fu students, instead of one, you would > conclude that as a group, they guessed. But that doesn't mean that one > or two couldn't tell every time. > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Absolutely correct. It is impossible to prove the negative, that nobody can discern the difference. With a large enough sample size, when nobody has been able to discern the difference, it becomes reasonable to conclude that the difference is negligible. Note that that does mean that there is no audible difference, as the next test subject might prove that he can discern it. However, those who claim that they can hear it, but cannot demonstrate it, truly have no logical grounds upon which to make that claim. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56712 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
