Mnyb wrote: > i think my own involvement in the general sceptic movement actually made > me see the errors in my own ways . > Audiophilia is just a smal part of more general problem . Alternative > medicin and other healt scams are the big ones you have billions of > dollars sunk into these so it's not likely to go away soon . But I think > it's a worthy cause . > If you go for root cause analysis , our ability to be fooled is behind > much of our problems . > > Don't get me started on anti vaccine people , you know measles are back > in the U.S. now the idiots actually managed to brake the heard imunity > ..... > > That's why I present myself as an example that we can all be fooled , > and I'm convinced that this is a harmless problem . Buying the > audiophile scam ( or any other scam or cult ) can further erode your > ability for critical thinking .
Indeed. And that is pretty much the only reason I bother to get into audiophile flame wars - wasting money on silly cables is not a big thing, but rejecting critical thinking is, and if we are to save this planet and survive as a species, it is not going to be through truthiness, superfoods and unicorns. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
