Can you trust your ears
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FastG
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I knew you can be fooled by your eye, just watch http://www.wimp.com/faceillusion/
But I did not know your ears could fool you as well.
Graham
But I did not know your ears could fool you as well.
Graham
Adda
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The first one has nothing to do with your ears, that has to do with how the brain prioritizes the senses.
Close your eyes, or actively LISTEN rather the hear, and you won't be fooled.
Edit: well actually, they continue to try and confuse you with visuals, just stop registering what you see, this is a LISTENING test remember
The circle one didn't fool me.
I think I'm too used to messing with synthesizers to be fooled by the rising tone test.
Close your eyes, or actively LISTEN rather the hear, and you won't be fooled.
Edit: well actually, they continue to try and confuse you with visuals, just stop registering what you see, this is a LISTENING test remember
The circle one didn't fool me.
I think I'm too used to messing with synthesizers to be fooled by the rising tone test.
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whoaru99
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But, that is precisely the point why blind testing is so hotly debated. That just goes to show how easy it is to make a false conclusion in a sighted test when only hearing should be the determining factor.
Adda
Super Member
It does show that eyes can be a problem, if you forget to change modes when listening.
Normally the brain defaults to trusting vision over all other senses, but if you don't register what you see, the problem goes away.
As soon as you are aware of this, you can eliminate your "visual" bias, if we can call it that.
Everyone can do this by simply closing their eyes.
Edit: on the other hand, those tests show visuals that make sense in a certain way, a ball jumping up a stair way, or mouth movements that fit a certain sound.
But does a speaker or amp appear to have a certain sound, which could confuse you? or is it just an inanimate object?
I mean, If the looks of my speakers overruled what I was hearing, I'd think they sounded like utter junk, because that is what they look like.
But they don't sound like junk, and their sound doesn't change because I close my eyes.
Not seeing (by closing my eyes or not noticing what I see) does allow me to listen more carefully though.
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BillyBatts
ALOHA!
I wonder how a blind person would do on this test? Especially one whom has never had sight. Interesting tests. The BAR-FAR example was pretty convincing. And the infinite octave climb was amazing.
I trusted my ears before watching the video and still trust them after watching it.
Dr. Morbius
I.N.T.E.R.O.C.I.T.O.R.
Indeed.
Adda
Super Member
On another forum, some people pulled the expectation bias card all the time (donno if they still do).
They used it as another way of saying that, they don't believe you are able to tell anything with any kind of certainty (but they them selves are, and they assume that everyone hears the same thing, unless deluded).
I also remember last time is was discussed on this forum, and went too far, with serious consequences.
It very easily ends up in circular augmentation that leads nowhere.
They used it as another way of saying that, they don't believe you are able to tell anything with any kind of certainty (but they them selves are, and they assume that everyone hears the same thing, unless deluded).
I also remember last time is was discussed on this forum, and went too far, with serious consequences.
It very easily ends up in circular augmentation that leads nowhere.
