I was on the bus, head on the side with my music on, the bus rattling away and I starting thinking how am I hearing the music so clearly? Since the ears ‘hear’ sound through vibrations (to my limited knowledge) and wondered what makes it special as to not be even a tiny bit interrupted or influenced by the vibrations from the bus going through my skull.
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It’s not really the ear that’s special. All it does is transfer any and all vibrations of the eardrum (and parts of the jawbone) to electrical signals for your brain.
The brain is the interesting part. It is able to parse the difference between music and the low hum of bus rattling and can focus in on the music because that’s what you want to hear.
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