The flaws of blind listening tests

[pkane2001]

29 minutes ago, Blackmorec said:

like a skilled wine taster, who is not a chemist but can still correctly differentiate wines and their ‘attributes’ . 

 

Or like a flat-earther, who can tell that the earth is flat by just looking. All measurements of curvature are wrong, it's plainly obvious to anyone only willing to open their eyes.

 

[pkane2001]

2 minutes ago, Richard Dale said:

Surely you mean 'only willing to close their eyes'?

 

flat-earther = trust your open eyes 

 

[pkane2001]

Just now, Richard Dale said:

Maybe ! I couldn't help finding your comment 'you only need to open your eyes' at odds with defending blind tests.

 

Apparently I forgot to include the sarcasm emoji. Apologies.

[pkane2001]

1 hour ago, mansr said:

I was at a wine tasting last night. The notes for one of the wines mentioned linearity. I wonder if even order distortion tastes better than odd.

 

Was it at least linear to 20 sips? That's about the limit of all existing wine linearity.