billswift comments on Open Thread, July 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 16 July 2012 04:56:12PM 1 point [-]

Sounds are waves transmitted by air. Waves can reinforce or cancel each other, but cancelling can only go so far (to zero), so what is left is the sound resulting from the reinforced waves.