How about subjective expectations? Aka, Self-fulfilling prophecy

We know wine price factors into the perception of quality. Rephrased:

The participants said they could taste five different wines, even though there were only three, and added that the wines identified as more expensive tasted better. The researchers found that an increase in the perceived price of a wine did lead to increased activity in the mOFC because of an associated increase in taste expectation.

BC, where I live, has some, few, patches of old-growth forest. It is also is covered in dense forests with, second-growth, huge trees that are not being tree-farmed. It's often amusing to see what areas are really old growth vs what areas are only perceived to be old growth. I challenge most people to know the difference on sight, without some careful observation, at least with trees in the 80+ year old range.

When you convince me your "special feelings" only repeatedly come into play when exposed to old-growth forest that you don't know about beforehand, I'll take this question more seriously.

Don't get me wrong, I think old growth is worth preserving, on its own terms.

How about subjective expectations? Aka, Self-fulfilling prophecy

We know wine price factors into the perception of quality. Rephrased:

The participants said they could taste five different wines, even though there were only three, and added that the wines identified as more expensive tasted better. The researchers found that an increase in the perceived price of a wine did lead to increased activity in the mOFC because of an associated increase in taste expectation.

BC, where I live, has some, few, patches of old-growth forest. It is also is covered in dense forests with, second-growth, huge trees that are not being tree-farmed. It's often amusing to see what areas are really old growth vs what areas are only perceived to be old growth. I challenge most people to know the difference on sight, without some careful observation, at least with trees in the 80+ year old range.

Until you convince me your special feelings only come into play, repeatedly, when exposed to old-growth forest that you don't know about beforehand, I'll assume this comes from a scientifically-proven, psychological, phenomena.

Don't get me wrong, I think old growth is worth preserving, on its own terms.

How about subjective expectations? Aka, Self-fulfilling prophecy

We know wine price factors into the perception of quality. Rephrased:

The participants said they could taste five different wines, even though there were only three, and added that the wines identified as more expensive tasted better. The researchers found that an increase in the perceived price of a wine did lead to increased activity in the mOFC because of an associated increase in taste expectation.

BC, where I live, has some, few, patches of old-growth forest. It is also is covered in dense forests with, second-growth, huge trees that are not being tree-farmed. It's often amusing to see what areas are really old growth vs what areas are only perceived to be old growth. I challenge most people to know the difference on sight, without some careful observation, at least with trees in the 80+ year old range.

When you convince me your "special feelings" only come into play when exposed to old-growth forest that you don't know about beforehand, I'll take this question more seriously.

How about subjective expectations? Aka, Self-fulfilling prophecy

We know wine price factors into the perception of quality. Rephrased:

The participants said they could taste five different wines, even though there were only three, and added that the wines identified as more expensive tasted better. The researchers found that an increase in the perceived price of a wine did lead to increased activity in the mOFC because of an associated increase in taste expectation.

BC, where I live, has some, few, patches of old-growth forest. It is also is covered in dense forests with, second-growth, huge trees that are not being tree-farmed. It's often amusing to see what areas are really old growth vs what areas are only perceived to be old growth. I challenge most people to know the difference on sight, without some careful observation, at least with trees in the 80+ year old range.

When you convince me your "special feelings" only repeatedly come into play when exposed to old-growth forest that you don't know about beforehand, I'll take this question more seriously.

Don't get me wrong, I think old growth is worth preserving, on its own terms.