Physicists have sometimes imposed favorite theories onto the ear

Evidence

The workings of the ear—the apparatus we carry around to transduce sound energy into electrical impulses in the brain—is of prime importance to the relation between perception and reality. It is also fair game for physics, although physicists, we shall see, have sometimes projected pet theories onto the ear to try to solve its mysteries. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1918

Categorization

• XREF: Theory projection bias connects to the physics-of-resonance models of the ear that the chapter likely debunks.