The Environmental thread + Conventional (HI-FI) wisdom is almost always invariably wrong

[pkane2001]

1 hour ago, daverich4 said:

 

No. Did he say something besides “People who don’t listen for the same things I do are wrong?”

 

I liked a few of his statements:

"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

"The truth is the truth, even in a minority of one."

[pkane2001]

11 minutes ago, esldude said:

Everyone knows stereo was just a marketing gimmick to sale twice as many of everything.  With mono you don't have mixed perspectives.  Just one single point of purity sampling an original event.  With stereo it all becomes a mess.  You pick up so much of the room it is like noise between you and the music.  Multi-channel is even worse.   Why would you want to listen to the room and to space when you could just hear music. Stereo succeeded upon marketing the idea we have two ears so we need two channels.  Multi-channel has failed because we don't have multiple ears, just two.  

 

 

 

 

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There is a solution to the multi-channel problem: genetically modified audiophiles, with 7+2 ears strategically located at the correct angles around their heads. Imagine the soundstage!

[pkane2001]

On 9/27/2019 at 9:18 PM, esldude said:

So what would do to get us to zero carbon emissions by 2050?  

 

Mass extinction?

 

[pkane2001]

22 minutes ago, esldude said:

Unless we artificially induce this even faster than it's happening, it won't reduce carbon until 100 years or so too late.

 

It will reduce human carbon emissions very quickly, but will not do much about the carbon already in the atmosphere. The Earth eco-system is self-regulating, and when pushed too far, it will most certainly push back.

 

[pkane2001]

15 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

 

This is a blandishment.  There is little to support that the biosphere is self-regulating (which is no doubt what you mean by Earth ecosystem; and ecosystem is a biological community in a certain area plus all the abiotic components involved).

 

Indeed, there are usually multiple stable points and limit cycles in even simple dynamical systems, such as competition or predator-prey interactions.  Within a single population there do appear to be some factors that are self-regulating, but often popns. are regulated by extrinsic factors.

 

Want math?

 

 

Extrinsic factors? Do you mean from outside the Earth? We are in a mostly closed system. Unless you are talking about the sun radiation or a meteor hitting earth, I don't see too many other extrinsic factors. Maybe a nearby supernova...