The most sensitive frequencies are at the resonant frequencies of the auditory canal. In other words, the ear has shaped itself to naturally amplify certain bandwidth. And that corresponds to sounds in that bandwidth that were most important to our evolving ancestors to hear, in order to survive. And it doesn't match the human voice. It matches birdsong.
I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do. - Gordon Hempton
I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do.
- Gordon Hempton
The most sensitive frequencies are at the resonant frequencies of the auditory canal. In other words, the ear has shaped itself to naturally amplify … - Gordon Hempton
The most sensitive frequencies are at the resonant frequencies of the auditory canal. In other words, the ear has shaped itself to naturally amplify …
The birds are already evolving, changing the way that they sing as a result of noise pollution. And we have yet to do that. We're still not communica… - Gordon Hempton
The birds are already evolving, changing the way that they sing as a result of noise pollution. And we have yet to do that. We're still not communica…
I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living next to a waterfall fo… - Gordon Hempton
I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living next to a waterfall fo…
I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational be… - Gordon Hempton
I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational be…
We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than the natural world that we evolved to … - Gordon Hempton
We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than the natural world that we evolved to …
I work in the same style as classic landscape photographers. You find the right perspective, and then you wait until the light is right. I do the sam… - Gordon Hempton
I work in the same style as classic landscape photographers. You find the right perspective, and then you wait until the light is right. I do the sam…
Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a numb… - Gordon Hempton
Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a numb…
The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape a… - Gordon Hempton
The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape a…
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