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Some of these questions produce obviously weird responses. E.g.: > Do you have better music taste than average? Of course I do. Logically everyone should ev
by amalcon 5y ago
Some of these questions produce obviously weird responses. E.g.:
> Do you have better music taste than average?
Of course I do. Logically everyone should evaluate their own taste in music to be better than average, since your own music taste determines what you think constitutes good music taste. Somehow, only about half of respondents selected that option, though. That's interesting.
- mcBesse 5y ago> your own music taste determines what you think constitutes good music taste No, your own music taste determines what you think is good music. Taste is not about holding your own opinion higher than others', it's just about what you like or not. I still find it weird that it's a 50/50 split though. Maybe a lot of people aren't thinking so much about whose taste is better, but whose is more refined? Like how people who aren't into wine might not take their own lived experience as seriously as the words of an experienced sommelier?
- amalcon 5y agoIf that's how you interpret the question, then the whole concept of having "good" or "bad" taste is incoherent to begin with. If it's just your opinions on what you enjoy while not harming yourself or anyone else, then obviously nobody's taste can be better than that of anyone else. Granted, starting from this interpretation could easily lead people to interpret "good" as "refined"; I suppose that makes sense.
- splithalf 5y agoMany of us click randomly or invert our true response to throw off data collectors. This is pretty low stakes after all.
- cutups 5y agoI could imagine somebody who is pretty self aware could judge their taste in music to be worse than average, if they really only ever buy music from artists that they are later embarrassed by. But in general, I think this would skew towards people having the preference for their preference.