garym;620610 Wrote: > This has got to be an elaborate hoax. Sorta like the physics professor > that published in some critical literary theory academic journal by > throwing a much of mumbo-jumbo together and then exposed it after the > fact. > > And I must say it is beautifully done. > I agree. I am 95% sure this is a piss-take of the sort of rubbish spouted by err no one on this forum obviously.Anyone in any doubt would have to account for this page http://www.coconut-audio.com/chassis.htm
I was almost tempted to try buying an item to see if it would take the money. But I think it would be a better idea if you tried it, for technical reasons too complex to explain. Incidentally i think the article you refer to is Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity by Sokal. http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html In fairness Sokal's gambit was far braver and trickier since he actually managed to get his article printed in a supposedly reputable (peer-reviewed?) journal. The authors of the coconut site, much though they are to be commended, have just stuck up a website and sought to fool passing audiophiles into thinking that their fantasy creations are effective. As we know this is not exactly difficult. I recommend http://www.amazon.co.uk/Higher-Superstition-Academic-Quarrels-Science/dp/0801857074 on the subject, although it's probably a bit over-politicised. -- adamdea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86541 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
