[bigshot]

Bias is not a small thing, and it can’t be consciously controlled. Everyone has it.

 

[Killcomic]

Bias is not a small thing, and it can’t be consciously controlled. Everyone has it.

Rubbish!
I have no biases and I can always tell the difference between my expensive oxygen free USB cable and a cheap one... except when blind testing.

 

[redrol]

hahaha

I have a secret method for overcoming bias. It's pretty simple, just get to the point you just do not care about the thing you are testing. Then.. care so little you can't even remember what you are testing.

 

[OhmsClaw]

Rubbish!
I have no biases and I can always tell the difference between my expensive oxygen free USB cable and a cheap one... except when blind testing.

Get into Kpop, you'll have many Biases .
The only biasing in my equipment better be op amp and diode related.

 

[PointyFox]

hahaha

I have a secret method for overcoming bias. It's pretty simple, just get to the point you just do not care about the thing you are testing. Then.. care so little you can't even remember what you are testing.

I'm the same way. I never have any expectations.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

I'm the same way. I never have any expectations.

You do know he's only joking about this working, right?

 

[PointyFox]

You do know he's only joking about this working, right?

No. I guess I have special apathy powers then.

 

[bigshot]

Hahaha! Satire is dangerous business, it catches up the apathetic in its net.

 

[PointyFox]

My thought going into testing new expensive gear is "this had better be good", not "this should be good".

 

[bigshot]

Congratulations. That is expectation bias.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Congratulations. That is expectation bias.

I have had experiences of a candidate defying both expectation bias and louder-is-better preference only to still fade into anonymity in a volume matched blind test anyway. These are things predicting probabilities in a sighted test, not things to let you get away without a blind test by any means.

 

[bigshot]

Bias can either be right or wrong. It just isn’t arriving at the decision based entirely on facts. Humans are like that. We can’t help it. When we see something expensive, we immediately start thinking that it should be higher quality. It could be high, it could be low. Our mind unconsciously makes assumptions.

 

[PointyFox]

Congratulations. That is expectation bias.

Congratulations. You're wrong.

 

[bigshot]

You win the Dunning Kruger Award for persistent lack of self-awareness!

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Congratulations. You're wrong.

"This had better be good" sounds every bit like an expectation against something sounding better than whatever you already have.

Regardless,

I have had experiences of a candidate defying both expectation bias and louder-is-better preference only to still fade into anonymity in a volume matched blind test anyway. These are things predicting probabilities in a sighted test, not things to let you get away without a blind test by any means.

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