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What Mercedes drivers hear?
Explained: The sound dividing the world
Explained: The sound dividing the world
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Correct. My ears are broken (well, wearing out anyway) in that I’m missing the higher frequencies. So I can only hear Laurel. I suspect that’s the case for most of us vintage members.It's Yanny and if you can't hear that then your ears are broken.
I’ve always suspected our colour interpretation varies from person to person. How great the variation is I couldn’t say, but perhaps it’s quite big. So when we say “that’s red”, we may just mean “that’s what most people call red”.Laurel.
Those saying it's so mega ultra definitely this or that, haven't watched the explanation video clearly. It's dependant on your ears, and how different frequency bands reverberate around them, before your brain gets an opportunity to interpret (or mis-interpret, as is the case with Yanny, as the original sound is a recording of someone showing how to pronounce the name Laurel)
That's like asking the same thing of someone who's colourblind. No matter how much you tell them its red, and you might be right, but they're experiencing green. We don't even know if your red is the same as my red, which can explain having different colour preferences. VSauce did an excellent video explaining that idea.
It’s the better speakers in your iPad.Ok guys, what does this mean then...
On the iPad I hear yanny
On my phone i hear laurel
I’ve always suspected our colour interpretation varies from person to person. How great the variation is I couldn’t say, but perhaps it’s quite big. So when we say “that’s red”, we may just mean “that’s what most people call red”.
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