Σταμάτα να ακούς... / Stop listening...

Stop listening.

And the world will fall silent...

Σταμάτα να ακούς.

Και ο κόσμος θα γίνει σιωπηλός...

Philosophy Wire: Unheard sounds. Eternal cosmic sympathy...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-11-15]: Barely perceptible low-frequency signals which cannot be senses consciously, nevertheless activate measurable responses in our auditory circuits. [1] Start whispering. Somewhere somehow you will change the course of the universe...

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Philosophy Wire: "Unworldly" sounds...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-10-02]: Voyager 1 captures the "unworldly" sound of space beyond our solar systems. [1] But why is that "unworldly"? I bet aliens would think the sound of our solar system "unworldly". If you open your mind, nothing in the world can surprise you. You cannot think of anything more "unworldly" than thinking of something as unworldly.

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Philosophy Wire: What? I can't hear you.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-05-16]:

A new research sheds light on how the human ear evolved. [source: web news] It is most likely that our ancestors could not hear too well the frequencies in which we speak today. However these 2 million old bones are almost similar to our today. And unlike other bones of the skeleton, the ossicles are already fully formed and adult-sized at birth. This indicates that their size and shape is under very strong genetic control. Someone wants us to hear Bon Jovi from a very young age. Music is the essence of the world. Just listen you primitive man!

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Philosophy Wire: Curiosity, Sound, Silence...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-02-04]: The sound of the drill of Curiosity was heard for the first time on the Red Planet. [source: web news] But wait a minute. If no one was there to listen... did it really make a sound?

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