Quite - we all don't know far more than we do know - but apparently, it takes some extended kind of thinking to understand that, and many have neither the time, nor the inclination (nor perhaps the ability) to pusue that:
"..I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know." - from Plato's "Apology" Not a popular line of thought, I fancy Dr. Peter Lennox Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts University of Derby Tel: 01332 593155 ________________________________ From: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> on behalf of Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> Sent: 15 December 2016 21:50:38 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound Art gallery South London Fascinating stuff : "The phenomenon was first observed in a series of experiments by David Dunning <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunning> and Justin Kruger <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justin_Kruger&action=edit&redlink=1> of the department of psychology at Cornell University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University> in 1999.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#cite_note-Kruger-1> [2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#cite_note-psymq-2> The study was inspired by the case of McArthur Wheeler, a man who robbed two banks after covering his face with lemon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon> juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_ink>, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television>" On 15 December 2016 at 21:28, Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > yep, that was it - Paul Gillieron. They acquired the Huron to furnish the > National Car Park for Popular Music with a pre-decoded set of speaker > feeds, so that any idiot could press "play". At the time, I couldn't > understand why anyone would build a facility costing millions, then assume > it would have no resident sound engineer capable of actually operating > therein. Years later, I just sort of understand that that is what people > do. Nevertheless, it still seems bonkers to me that anyone would assume > that you can compose/produce in one space, and expect it to fit another. > > Having said that, the NCPM had the most improbable acoustics (circular, > dome ceiling, plenty of glass and stainless steel, no soft furnishings - no > door, plenty of spill from various other areas containing plenty of > speakers)... > > The place was clearly specified and designed by deaf persons. > > I'm sure with some time and ingenuity I could come up with a worse > acoustic - but it would be a lot of work, and why bother? > > > There are plenty of people who don't understand spatial sound, even though > they live in it every day. Fair enough. But the fact that they don't even > know that there actually is something they don't understand - inexcusable. > See: Dunning Kruger effect. > > > Dr. Peter Lennox > Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy > Senior Lecturer in Perception > College of Arts > University of Derby > > Tel: 01332 593155 > ________________________________ > From: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> on behalf of Paul Hodges < > pwh-surro...@cassland.org> > Sent: 15 December 2016 17:39:56 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound Art gallery South London > > --On 15 December 2016 17:01 +0000 Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > Although I visited the Brixton studio > > and can even picture the inside of it, I'm damned if I can remember > > the name of either the studio or the people concerned > > Here's their brochure: > <http://www.surroundav.org/surround.AV.brochureMay2004.pdf> > > Paul > > -- > Paul Hodges > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and > reserves the right to monitor email traffic. > If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender > and let them know. > > Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/ > attachments/20161215/fec8bdde/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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