Re: Patching TPU innertube

On 12/27/2024 11:02 PM, John B. wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:40:21 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 12/27/2024 2:01 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 12/27/2024 1:28 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

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Given what I've read about violins (Stradivarius can't be told from
modern ones in blind hearing tests)

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horseshit. Someone with training and experience can most certainly tell
the difference in the tonal quality between a Stradivarius and even a
high quality modern violin.

>
https://www.science.org/content/article/million-dollar-strads-fall-modern-violins-blind-sound-check
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and wines (cheap wines really light up pleasure centers in the brain
if tasters are told the wine is expensive),

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more horseshit. Someone with training and experience can certainly tell
the difference in the flavor profiles, especially if you tried to dupe
them with a Gallo.

https://money.com/expensive-price-tag-cheap-wine-brain-placebo-effect/

 I notice hat you didn't quote the portion of  your reference that
states
"One big grain of salt? Neuroscientists don't all agree that using
brain structure to infer behavior or personality makes for sound
science—and Plassmann and Weber acknowledge in their study that some
researchers are skeptical of that methodology in general."

You're criticizing one detail, the attempt to use advanced neuroscience to document the different perceptions.
But there have been many, many tests using simpler methods that returned the same general results.
https://phys.org/news/2011-04-expensive-inexpensive-wines.html
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/03/cheap-wine-tastes-better-when-were-told-its-expensive-new-study-claims/
People are easily duped by advertising, fashion, placebos, etc. Remember back when bicycling magazines rhapsodized about the magical "feel" of a titanium frame?
But it's still true that painting a bike red does make it faster. (Right?)
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- Frank Krygowski