Actually that hyper awareness is probably a good thing. Those docs show real problems that get ignored. Maybe we should be more suspicious of convenient plastic, not less.

Tbh the whole debate misses how people give the place its real scale. Seeing those tiny dots hiking the Bright Angel Trail is what makes your brain get how huge the walls are. Ngl a totally empty canyon would just look like a pretty picture, not a real place you can go. The problem isnt people being there, its when there are too many to move. Honestly a few visitors in the shot makes it feel alive and not just some dead postcard scene.

Stopped using a scale after my first year because it felt like an extra, messy step for no real gain. My cups are always leveled off with a straight edge, and my cakes and cookies come out perfectly consistent. I honestly believe the "weigh everything" crowd just overcomplicates a simple process that works fine for home bakers. If your results are good, there's zero reason to bother.