I do have a unique perspective on science, but that would be for a different forum. Regarding audio, however, I got into some big arguments with engineers in the Stereophile letters in the nineties, before Peterson bought them.
The argument: engineers proposed was that decent wire (I can't remember their definition of decent) is all that is needed for speaker cable and (if I remember correctly) interconnects. My ears told me that wasn't true, so I accused them of being all left brain and said they should open up their right brains to empirical information that contradicts their long-held formulas. It got nasty.
From time to time I read articles on different DAC technologies, etc., and have an overall understanding. But as far as I am concerned, just let me listen to a piece of equipment and make up my own mind. I have been most affected by reviewers like the late, great Wes Phillips who I listened to carefully. I purchased a Conrad Johnson Premier 14 because he lauded it and got rid of an ARC LS22 because he opened my eyes to things I wasn't hearing, I'd been so seduced by the mid-range.
Chatgbt can get pompous and dogmatic, so I also look elsewhere for information. Obviously, there are contradictory points of view on the web, and chatgbt forms an opionion from one set of data, leaving behind the other. As a writer, it is most helpful at finding words my old brain can't shake loose.
