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You are measuring things too. If there wasn't a physical phenomena happening you wouldn't experience anything! You are using different tools, but you are doing

• CuriouslyC 10y ago
  While I don't think it was stated very clearly, the impression I got from the grandparent poster was that in many cases metrics actually distract from the thing we actually care about, in this case "how does it sound?" You can't really represent that as a number, because in one case "rich resonant lows and a warm sound" might be what you're after, while in another "crisp, distinct highs, and extremely high fidelity" could be preferable, and it is the gestalt that produces the aesthetic quality.
  • guitarbill 10y ago
    Except that psychology research constantly shows humans can't make consistent assessments of these things (e.g. expensive stuff always "sounds/tastes/looks better" simply because we "know" it's more expensive, even if it's the same as the cheap version). That's the whole reason we use measurements...
• zem 10y ago
  i believe the grandparent is using "measured" explicitly to mean "quantified"; it's a fair criticism