Ah, here comes another bunch of straw men - the snapping sounds you hear
are analogies being stretched way beyond any sane limits.

drmatt wrote: 
> I wonder if there is such a thing as a "car fanatic sceptic"? After all,
> cars are reviewed based on totally subjective criteria repeatedly and we
> all laugh at Top Gear's cool wall but it's all just bull. Every single
> one of them is just a box with seats in that goes from A to B. No
> measurable difference in its ability to go from A to B, and yet.. where
> are the nay sayers? 

Let's start with the fact that there are easily measurable differences
between cars, but of course a lot of BS too. Top Gear is/was a comedy
programme very loosely based on cars. And yes, there are lot of car
sceptics, pointing out that all sorts of cottage industry "go faster"
accessories are totally useless (but if you want to buy a special magnet
that improves fuel mileage, PM me)

> There are all these things you could do that would be productive for
> society. But no, you prefer to belittle folks playing around in a little
> cottage industry that barely touches the side of the world economy..
> 
> Use your sceptic powers for good, not evil! ;)

I can't speak for anyone else, but I do in fact spend a fair bit of time
countering misinformation, voodoo, and outright lies in my other areas
of expertise too. 

That is the problem with us engineers, we believe in provable facts and
rational thinking. Very naive and silly, I know.



"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
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