Audiophile demographics?

This is not what his experiments showed or at least a distorted interpretation.  More accurate would be there is brain activity before we are able to communicate an intention. If that is a "discovery", I hate to see the rest of the work.

« Your brain know milliseconds in advance what your conscious I will do next»- Benjamin Libet neurologist after his well known experiment...

https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/libet

@rok2id


I think you mean women are less gullible. Intelligence is not a huge factor. Many smart people are gullible.

There are more smart women, based on percentage over 100 IQ than men. On the other hand, there are far more very smart men based on IQ.  Men are far more likely to suffer from personality disorders.  Men are more gullible.  Men are more likely to overestimate their abilities. The gullible nature and the tendency to overestimate abilities often go hand in hand.  Women tend to be more conformist and work to fit in. Men tend to want to stand out. 


These are all verifiable from scientific evidence.  These traits are all statistical, and can only be used to describe groups as a whole, not individuals.


Draw your own conclusions on how these relate to audiophiles.

Funny thing is, most of life obeys statistical distributions very well, from IQ, to infectious disease transmission, to tardiness. Prime numbers are a mathematical construct, not a physical system. At the most discrete levels, physics becomes statistics, not equations.

A unitary measurement does not a statistic make ...

And yes, quantum mechanics shows that matter really does conform to statistical probabilities.


Oh here we go. Start out with differences in men and women, and let's find a way to insert what is effectively religion into the discussion.

Women are not smarter, they are less gullible.

@tony1954,

After reading some of the replies, perhaps the title of your thread should be Audiophile Personality Disorders as some are certainly evident here. Curiously, men are far more prone to personality disorders as well.

I was talking to a teen aged nephew yesterday who has discovered "explosives", which reminded me of my child hood. Many boys who grew up in the country, probably some in the city, will at some point discover "blowing things up".  It is not a fascination with destruction but a curiosity surrounding "what if". My wife, sister, and daughter all confirmed that the concept of going somewhere, and "blowing something up" simply never occurred to them.  Is that nature or nurture?  Odds are a little of both, and odds are that is also true to audiophiles.

I don't have a lot more to add other than some people sound like they need a hug, and some perspective.  Your responses to this thread are not emotionally healthy.

Average IQ is very similar, I think it may be a touch higher for volume. There are far fewer women at the ends of the curve. So while there are fewer women at the upper peaks of intelligence, there are also few women at the very bottom end as well. Less genetic variance.

I don't think overestimating ability would be that hard to measure. Gullibility either.

I do the same thing with Beatle's music :-)

Using a very narrow definition of audiophile perhaps.  From what I can tell, many are fixed income :-)

Most of those drivers are a couple bucks bought once.

Fashion and cosmetics are regular ongoing purchases. Way way bigger. It's not even close.