Let's not forget those beautiful resonating wind-chimes. Music to
soothe to, better than half the FAX stuff anyday ;-) .
Kev.
Che wrote:
quoted 22 lines On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Ben Coffer wrote:
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Ben Coffer wrote:
>
> > In message <yam7173.2752.135516128@post.demon.co.uk>, c3
> > <c3@heatsink.demon.co.uk> writes
> > >
> > >Remember, there's no music without humans - music is just a word we use to
> > >describe some molecules vibrating in an enjoyable way. If a monkey hammers on
> > >a stone and there aren't any humans to hear it...it's just a monkey hammering
> > >on a stone.
> >
> > So how come my dog likes some tracks on the television and hates others.
> > He's obviously analysing the music. Maybe monkeys like the sound of
> > stones being hammered, who's to say?
>
> And why do plants grow better to some musics than others? Why do cows
> produce more milk to some music, less (sometimes even curdled) milk to
> others? Is a bird call music? It is to my ears. A whale's song? Yup.
> The enjoyable nature of molecular vibrations is definitely a trans-species
> phenomenon.
>
> Che
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