valacirca
Trooper
Inspired by the mechanics of The Iron Maiden "Head-to-Head" Song Tournament
In terms of liking a song, is it true that:
1) If X > Y
2) and Y > Z,
3) then X > Z?
In other words:
1) If you like "Aces High" more than "Fear of the Dark"
2) and you like "Fear of the Dark" more than "Paschendale"
3) Is it safe to conclude that you like "Aces High" more than "Paschendale"?
I've been thinking about this and my opinion is yes. I could make a list of songs, and be able to order them by how much I like them, so appreciation must be transitive. Of course there can be ties and appreciation can shift very fluidly at times, but transitive for sure. If it's not, then making individual lists which rank songs/albums makes no sense. Put more simply, if music isn't transitive, then how can you rank anything? You end up having circular arguments, making it impossible to rank anything.
Thoughts?
In terms of liking a song, is it true that:
1) If X > Y
2) and Y > Z,
3) then X > Z?
In other words:
1) If you like "Aces High" more than "Fear of the Dark"
2) and you like "Fear of the Dark" more than "Paschendale"
3) Is it safe to conclude that you like "Aces High" more than "Paschendale"?
I've been thinking about this and my opinion is yes. I could make a list of songs, and be able to order them by how much I like them, so appreciation must be transitive. Of course there can be ties and appreciation can shift very fluidly at times, but transitive for sure. If it's not, then making individual lists which rank songs/albums makes no sense. Put more simply, if music isn't transitive, then how can you rank anything? You end up having circular arguments, making it impossible to rank anything.
Thoughts?