It is argued that to the degree that some imagining processes are transformatory in nature, estimates of reliability either bear no relation to their validity or in fact may indicate lack of validity. This is so because the nature of transformation implies that the object under study will not stand still to be measured. Any indication of reliability would then merely be a fortuitous coincidence between the waxing and waning of the object to be measured and of the measuring device. Alternatively, the presence of reliable measurement may indicate that the imagining being measured is related to verbal-mathematical reasoning.
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