Quote Originally Posted by musicoverall
Ok, back to reason. I hope you know that I don't expect you to go through all that. I also hope you know that I don't intend to, either. But if doing so is your inclination, have at it. I'll be happy to review any "proof" you have.
As you've indicated here, you are not interested in getting to the heart of the matter. You are interested in keeping your head in the sand. Every proof that has been laid out over the last century regarding human studies indicates that blind testing is the methodology of choice. The fallibility of human senses in sighted testing has been proven over and over and over again.

As you are also aware, there are very few absolutes in science. You can't say with absolute conviction that something isn't possible because you haven't tested all the different possibilities. You can say with absolute conviction, though, that something is 99.99999% certain. Given the evidence presented in the literature, I would contend that hearing is no different than any of the other senses, and hence requires blind testing to accurately measure.