The Fermi principle

I read this great quote today from the physicist Enrico Fermi:

There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

And: I realized that this is precisely how I feel about experimenting with audio gear!

If I hear an issue that I want to address with an audio track, and I put a plugin on the track with the aim of addressing that issue, one of precisely two things will happen.

1. It will do the thing I’d hoped (hooray!).

2. It won’t do what I was expecting, and I will learn something. Which: also hooray!

The point being: there are no wrong answers when you’re experimenting with audio gear. There’s just a neverending world of enjoyable learning.

No downsides — jamie