tyler_durden;231494 Wrote: > You're making a common logic error. Just because a large number of > people say something is true does not actually make that thing true, > especially when a lot of those people earn their living selling the > thing they are talking-up. For example, look at astrology. There are > many millions of people who believe their lives are controlled by such > silliness as where the stars and planets are in relation to each other > and the earth. Are they right? What about psychics? Do you think any > of them really can see the future? A lot of women who live in trailers > do. How about Naziism? A lot of people were convinced that there was > an ultimate solution to all of mankind's problems. Were they right? > Look how many people voted for W, not once, but twice! That alone > should tell you about the wisdom of crowds. > > All of this still ignores the dangers of handling CF and especially the > danger of CF fiber fragments getting into your audio equipment and > wrecking it. You can make all the arguments you want about stealth > technology and whatever crap you read on some internet forum populated > by religious fanatics disguised as audiophiles, or in marketing > literature from companies trying to sell expensive stuff to > audiophiles. In the end, if you wrap your equipment in CF cloth it is > unlikely to keep working for very long. > > If you are lucky, no one including you, your children, spouse, guests, > or pets will have the mind-bending experience of inhaling any of those > flying fiber fragments. > > What makes more sense, listening to a salesman whose next boat payment > depends on your believing what he says or believing what the MSDS says, > and what people who have handled the material say? > > I think the public school system in this country needs to put a lot > more effort into teaching critical thinking skills... > > TD
Hear! Hear! -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38628 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
