I have noticed that I can enjoy a modestly priced single malt Scotch or single malt Irish whisky or a rye, but when drinking Cognac, I find that I really do not care for those that are of comparable price to those tolerable Scotches and Irish whiskies and ryes. I find that I really like cognac, but only when it is a fairly good bottle (where I am, over $40 per bottle). Now, why is it that I can be okay with a rye that costs $20ish or a Scotch or Irish whiskey that is about that price, but the cognac must be more?
Just to be clear, I prefer more expensive Scotch to what I can get at $20-25 (and my preferred Scotch costs about as much as the Cognac I like), but I am okay with a single malt Scotch that I can get at that lower price of $20-25. But I am not comparably okay with a Cognac at that price, and would rather go with a Scotch, Irish whisky, or rye at that price.
Does anyone have any insight into this profound question of great importance?
For those who imagine that this is not a question for the philosophy section, everyone knows that every great philosopher drinks. There is not even one great philosopher in the entire history of philosophy who did not drink. Show me a teetotaler, and I will show you someone who is not a great philosopher. And is likely not even a second tier philosopher.
Just to be clear, I prefer more expensive Scotch to what I can get at $20-25 (and my preferred Scotch costs about as much as the Cognac I like), but I am okay with a single malt Scotch that I can get at that lower price of $20-25. But I am not comparably okay with a Cognac at that price, and would rather go with a Scotch, Irish whisky, or rye at that price.
Does anyone have any insight into this profound question of great importance?
For those who imagine that this is not a question for the philosophy section, everyone knows that every great philosopher drinks. There is not even one great philosopher in the entire history of philosophy who did not drink. Show me a teetotaler, and I will show you someone who is not a great philosopher. And is likely not even a second tier philosopher.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
