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From:
FreyGuy
To:
Identifiable Dancing Mischief
Date:
Sat, 23 Aug 1997 09:03:04 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) are you listening?
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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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