"Why Are Audiophiles so Bound and Determined to Make Others Waste Money" is not the sort of question I'm totally comfortable with.
It seems to me this kind of phrasing attributes sinister motives to those we are disagreeing with. It also assumes facts which are not in evidence, sort of like if someone says to me, why do you repeatedly beat your wife and then lie about it?
I have found that most people I disagree with are neither evil nor idiots, but are being rational based on their experiences and priorities. I find that I'm more open to re-evaluating my own position and modifying or even reversing it when I don't feel like I have to first clear my name of false accusations (I hardly ever beat my wife).
As an alternative, perhaps we can assume that their motives are as virtuous as ours, even if our experiences and priorities and conclusions are different.
Let me quote Matt Hooper:
Imo this same general principle (assuming that others' motivations are not so different from our own, even if their conclusions are) applies to topics far more divisive than objectivist vs subjectivist in home audio, but this is a good place to start.
It seems to me this kind of phrasing attributes sinister motives to those we are disagreeing with. It also assumes facts which are not in evidence, sort of like if someone says to me, why do you repeatedly beat your wife and then lie about it?
I have found that most people I disagree with are neither evil nor idiots, but are being rational based on their experiences and priorities. I find that I'm more open to re-evaluating my own position and modifying or even reversing it when I don't feel like I have to first clear my name of false accusations (I hardly ever beat my wife).
As an alternative, perhaps we can assume that their motives are as virtuous as ours, even if our experiences and priorities and conclusions are different.
Let me quote Matt Hooper:
I've never met an audiophile who wasn't essentially motivated by achieving the performance they were after, so I feel charitable in inferring the motivations of others, including people in a position to spend a lot more than me on their system.
Imo this same general principle (assuming that others' motivations are not so different from our own, even if their conclusions are) applies to topics far more divisive than objectivist vs subjectivist in home audio, but this is a good place to start.