Andy Evans wrote:

Anti-science is very popular with the devotees of thermionics in
particular
where the proponents often simply dismiss the relevance of the
scientific method entirely. Graham

I think the words you are looking for are "non-science", and the reason
you've pulled "devotees of thermionics" out of a very large hat may be
because they are more discriminating and require further degrees of
sound quality than the average ss user.

I'd say rather that my idea of discrimination is different to theirs.


So the fact that they use their ears to discriminate is "anti-science"!

No. It's the 'pseudo-arguments' they propose to explain in their how tubes /
valves are so wonderful. In fact they're simply revelling in the sound of added
low-order distortion. The effect is well-known and indeed often intentionally
used in the studio as an *EFFECT* !


Would you go on to say that boys who select their girlfriends on the
basis of looks are "anti-science" because they haven't considered the
compatibility of their DNA? We're on a very slippery slope here. I
could go on with further examples but you get the point.

No. What we're talking abou is the confusion of objective science with
subjective preferences, with the subjectivists believing that 'what they like'
must be inherently technically superior but with no regard to any supporting
science and a wholesale dismissal of the science that counters their ideas.

Graham