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Neither the best violinists nor classical music connoisseurs can tell Stradivaris from either other good old violins or good modern violins. Nobody can tell a
by jojobas 6y ago
Neither the best violinists nor classical music connoisseurs can tell Stradivaris from either other good old violins or good modern violins.
Nobody can tell a $2000 wine from a $20 wine, and people tend to ascribe different values to the same wine poured to multiple glasses.
I suspect a lot of the same here.
- elihu 6y agoI'm skeptical of people's ability to self-report things that affect them in subtle and not-entirely-conscious ways. For instance, take a major scale played by a monophonic synthesizer of some kind. I know that a major scale in 12-tone equal temperament differs substantially from a major scale in just intonation. (The thirds and sixths are all off in various directions by about 13-15 cents.) I know that if I play such an instrument in equal temperament I'll get bored/annoyed with it sooner. At the same time, if I listen to a major scale in equal temperament and just intonation, I probably won't be able to tell you which one is which even though I know they're quite different. (In a chord the difference is much more obvious.)
- smabie 6y agoNobody can tell a $2000 win from a $20 wine? I highly doubt that.
- jojobas 6y agoThat's double blind tests have been telling since forever.
- mnemotronic 6y agoAgreed. If extending the domain from guitars to beers or wines, then how about to cars? Can anyone tell the difference between a Veyron and a Ford F100? I hope so. Hint: the Ford has a gun rack in the rear window;the Bugatti has a V-16.
- robin_reala 6y agoIf we’re being pedantic about differences, it’s a W-16, not a V-16.