Debunk Pseudo Science Claims

Confused with Part 1  of the discussion? Let me explain further... (source: " the Monty's video ", a "perfect" sine wave output) (By the way, thanks to the discussion on head-fi , I noticed the Monty's video was removed  from the official website .   if you click on the "Digital Show & Tell" link on the web site, you'll get the following: Hmm... why it was removed from the official site? Did someone find out it is mis-leading?  The YouTube copy of the same video was uploaded to the FLStudio channel by someone else. Probably they need to ask someone to remove it and they forgot. update: one fellow member in head-fi found out the video is somehow still available in the  offical site domain  However, it is not accessible from the of the main article ) As I expected, I got quite a lot of "strong" feedbacks from other people in various on-line discussions. Most of these are in the form of bullying-like argument except the one I found o...

Magic! Now you don't see it !   Background for our discussion: 1. As stated in " why I start my blog ",  I created my account (@sunjam) in Audio Science Forum (ASR ) for my journey in the Audio Science World on 19 March 2024. 2. I saw a lot of fun and inspiring topics in ASR 3. Meanwhile, I noticed the wrong belief (i.e. the claim) that " Hi-Res is useless " ( statement 1 ) were being promoted by a lot of ASR members (including "Major Contributors", "Donors", "Sponsor", "Industrial Insider") to the people who question the claim 4. Most of these supporters claim "statement 1" is " factual ". They emphasized that there are a lot of objective tests / measurements supporting such claim. For example, this is the  paper  (from Journal of the Audio Engineering Socieity) they used for the claim. (This blog explain why the paper does not support statement 1) 5. Some of these supporters even state th...

 Richard Feynman: "Let me tell you something..." Do you know who is Richard Feynman ?  I bet most people know him as a Nobel Prize winner in Physics . Do you know he is also a great educator too? There is something known as The Feynman Learning Technique Basically, what he means is that: Step 1: Pretend to teach it to a child The truth is,  if you can’t clearly and simply define the words and terms you are using, you don’t really know what you’re talking about . Writing helps you think because it gives you nowhere to hide Step 2: Identify gaps in your explanation Identifying gaps in your knowledge—where you forget something important, aren’t able to explain it, or simply have trouble thinking of how variables interact—is a critical part of the learning process. Step 3. Organize and simplify Organize them into a narrative that you can tell from beginning to end. Step 4: Transmit (optional) If you really want to be sure of your understanding, run it past someone. (my add: W...

 Pseudo Science vs Science? "They are the same but different!" After a few more rounds of discussions with different people on the internet. It looks to me that the difference is still not clear to most people. Let's see if I can do it better this time: What is pseudo science claim?  If you use “ 1+1=2 ” to justify something like “ earth is flat ”, these kind of claims are pseudo science claim. Do you agree? For example, let’s look at  one  of the infamous pseudo claims in ASR: they claim “Hi-Res is useless” (aka “earth is flat” in my analogy above) by stating the fact that like “you won’t be able to hear higher than 22k Hz unless you are a  Gray Moth ” (aka “1+1=2”). To make it clear: they claim "you cannot hear frequency higher than 22k Hz" (a fact) == implies =>  "Hi-Res music is useless"  Do you consider the above deduction is based on logical deductive reasoning ? Do you see the same ( wrong ) logical reasoning (for the "flat earth...

 Tin foil hat? Do you need one? You don't but you are wearing it already without your notice. Yes, most of us are wearing one without noice it.  Some of us deny that they are wearing one even other people are tell them the truth about it. I doubt the above guy (picture from wikipedia) could  see himself that he is indeed wearing a " tin foil hat " without a proper " mirror " What is a "Tin foil hat" According to wikipedia,  Tin foil hat - Wikipedia , A  tin foil hat  is a  hat  made from one or more sheets of  tin foil  or  aluminium foil , or a piece of conventional headgear lined with foil, often worn in the belief or hope that it shields the  brain  from threats such as  electromagnetic fields ,  mind control , and  mind reading . The notion of wearing homemade headgear for such protection has become a popular  stereotype  and byword for  paranoia ,  persecutory delusions , and belief...