On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 16:15, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > But such testing is more subjective than one might think. ... > We see (or hear) what we believe we will see or hear. > > It's what us humans do. And that's why so much effort is put into making > truly objective observations. That's very hard for humans to do, if we are > able to do so at all. > > Ron AC7AC
Amen. The whole purpose of the scientific method is to try to eliminate scientists' subjectivity from their observations. The only way to tell for sure if one speaker (for example) actually sounds better than another is to do a double-blind test. Neither the person running the test nor the subject knows which speaker is which until after the test is over. Unfortunately it is often not trivial to design a test that meets those conditions. Al N1AL _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
