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> the source of their opinions is whatever it's currently acceptable to believe Is this a typo: whatever is currently...? > If someone says they can hear a hi
by bambax 3y ago
> the source of their opinions is whatever it's currently acceptable to believe
Is this a typo: whatever is currently...?
> If someone says they can hear a high-pitched noise that you can't, it's only polite to take them at their word, instead of demanding evidence that's impossible to produce
Impossible how? That particular example would be extremely easy to test. It's so easy in fact that it's performed many times every day by audiologists. Raise your hand when you hear the sound.
- alberto-m 3y agoPeople suffering from tinnitus constantly hear high-pitched sounds. For a minority of them the sound is really present (produced e.g. by the blood in the vessels near the ear), but for most of them it is an illusion produced by their brain. The latter category have no means to prove someone else they are really hearing the sound.
- bambax 3y agoOk, but the phrasing "If someone says they can hear a high-pitched noise that you can't" really doesn't sound like the OP is referring to (constant) tinnitus, instead of an ability.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoImpracticable would have been a better word. Audiologists typically aren't just around the corner, and even if they were, the high-pitched noise may no longer be audible in their office.