Where is the evidence?
Posted: 27 Jan 2023, 02:15
I see a lot of threads, but besides theorycrafting and what often appears to be wild speculating and "finding faults anywhere but myself" type of situations, I don't see a single piece of evidence that proves that, say, "bad grounding" or whatever can have a major impact on latency.
Even the head admin only states: "yes it is plausible and real, just because noone talkes about it publicly, does not make it less real. Educated people do talk about it all the time".
This would be called appeal to authority, a common logical fallacy applied on the internet.
Stating the fact that educated people "talk about the topic" does not make claims such as electricity having a noticeable influence on latency any more true. You need to post actual evidence.
"Personal experience" is not evidence, it is hearsay.
The only thing that is immediately apparent is that people are absurdly overconfident in their ability to detect microsecond differences in latency which are allegedly caused by electricity and supposedly even appear irregularly.
Now, humans are capable if unbelievable feats, but also insanely suspectible to logical fallacies and psychological influences of any kind. Mood and beliefs for example both massively influence perception. That is why, for example, a fighter has to believe that he will win the fight in order to maximize his chances to win the fight, because if he thought otherwise, his beliefs will influence his actions negatively.
So again, I find that highly unlikely (that people reliably detect minute differences) and in times of LDAT, Frameview, Syslat and easily available 960ms cameras (most modern smartphones have a slowmotion mode), there really isn't any excuse to not search and deliver any evidence.
However, instead of ever trying to prove evidence, people seem more hell-bent on insisting their feelings are correct and finding a solution.
So it becomes more of an "ego-thing".
The scientific method requires a problem is determined and then a solution for said problem is developed. Example: Problem: Ocean water is too salty to drink. Solution: Develop water filter that removes salt.
Not the other way around.
TL;DR:
Where is the evidence?
Even the head admin only states: "yes it is plausible and real, just because noone talkes about it publicly, does not make it less real. Educated people do talk about it all the time".
This would be called appeal to authority, a common logical fallacy applied on the internet.
Stating the fact that educated people "talk about the topic" does not make claims such as electricity having a noticeable influence on latency any more true. You need to post actual evidence.
"Personal experience" is not evidence, it is hearsay.
The only thing that is immediately apparent is that people are absurdly overconfident in their ability to detect microsecond differences in latency which are allegedly caused by electricity and supposedly even appear irregularly.
Now, humans are capable if unbelievable feats, but also insanely suspectible to logical fallacies and psychological influences of any kind. Mood and beliefs for example both massively influence perception. That is why, for example, a fighter has to believe that he will win the fight in order to maximize his chances to win the fight, because if he thought otherwise, his beliefs will influence his actions negatively.
So again, I find that highly unlikely (that people reliably detect minute differences) and in times of LDAT, Frameview, Syslat and easily available 960ms cameras (most modern smartphones have a slowmotion mode), there really isn't any excuse to not search and deliver any evidence.
However, instead of ever trying to prove evidence, people seem more hell-bent on insisting their feelings are correct and finding a solution.
So it becomes more of an "ego-thing".
The scientific method requires a problem is determined and then a solution for said problem is developed. Example: Problem: Ocean water is too salty to drink. Solution: Develop water filter that removes salt.
Not the other way around.
TL;DR:
Where is the evidence?