Re: Patching TPU innertube

On 12/28/2024 12:43 PM, zen cycle wrote:

On 12/27/2024 9:40 PM, Frank Krygowski 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.

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https://www.science.org/content/article/million-dollar-strads-fall- modern-violins-blind-sound-check

 Which doesn't support your claim. You wrote "Stradivarius can't be told from modern ones in blind hearing tests", The article states:
 "the 82 listeners in the test reported that the new violins projected better"
 "asked subjects which of the two violins in a pairing they preferred. Listeners chose the new violins over the old"
 Yes, they could tell the difference.

This question has been studied many, many times, for decades. The consistent results are that players or audience can't tell the difference.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/science/a-strad-violinists-cant-tell.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/elite-violinists-fail-distinguish-legendary-violins-modern-fiddles
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/violinists-cant-tell-the-difference-between-stradivarius-violins-and-new-ones

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/

 Which again doesn't support the claim that people couldn't tell the difference. It also doesn't state what qualifications the tasters had, if any. I've had crappy $100 bottles of wine and excellent $25 bottles of wine. Flavor preference is not the same than as "can't tell the difference".

If "telling the difference" is the same as "succumbing to the placebo effect," you've got a point. Otherwise, no.
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