Kenny comments on The Gift We Give To Tomorrow - Less Wrong

44 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 July 2008 06:07AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 18 July 2008 01:25:52AM 9 points [-]

As for the fugues, the reaction of the human brain to music is most puzzling and fascinating to me. It feels as if 'some shadowy entity' forgot to remove direct API for accessing our own emotional machinery.

Haven't you ever noticed that the tones in human voices change, depending on the emotional states of the speakers?

Why do you think humans might perceive certain sound combinations as evoking different emotions?

Comment author: Kenny 12 April 2013 03:18:15AM 1 point [-]

I've never made nor previously been told of this connection, but it's brilliant!