Eli5 Why is it so easy for us to tell the difference between a real voice and a recording of a voice?

Question

For example, how do our ears easily discern that someone talking in a room is actually there vs the dialogue coming from a television is not physically there?

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Answer 1

Try out this with good headphones and forget your question.

Its all about quality. A nice pair of in ear headphones are enough. Follow the rules, it actually made me kinda uncomfortable the first time.

Answer 2

It’s because the sound around it, like if you say for instance, “The mod in this chat is gay”, out loud to yourself, you will hear the sound of me getting banned