“ Human intelligence is limited. That’s why our instinctual reactions are very important, because they point to universal truths that we may not yet be able to articulate. If it sounds wrong, it probably is wrong, and if you like it anyways it’s likely for reasons that have nothing to do with the music. Too often, we let people’s own justifications for their own tastes and preferences stand, which is fallacious because it assumes self-awareness.
How To Listen To Music (via jakec)
I just don’t see what we gain by assuming bad faith in what people say about their tastes. Usually it just serves to uphold the bankrupt assumptions those claiming falseness have about the music in question. (“You don’t really like it, though.”)
I’ll defend an interpretation of the original quote. It’s not if you like it, but WHY you think you do or don’t that’s questionable. We are not transparent to ourselves as to the source of our instinctive feelings and reactions.
(I’m no good at tumblr etiquette so might have muffed up the post and attribution here, sorry)(Source: jakec, via cureforbedbugs)
