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Something I left out about the "gray lump of matter" is this: It has the power of understanding, not to say that other clever species are devoid of it, but our power is finite, just like theirs. There are things that I believe human minds will never understand. One of these is precisely how music can make people react emotionally. Songs - blasts of air - can make people cry.


well... if you mean we may never understand it in chemical terms, I'll just shrug and admit an inability to see what the future might hold.

But if you mean we will never understand how to predictably elicit emotional responses based on a musical formula, I'd have to disagree wholeheartedly.


For example we already know that slow songs in minor keys tend to produce a melancholy mood... fast paced songs with an even beat tend to make us feel enthusiastic... and dissonant jazz tends to make us change channels.

Haha, had to throw that in there just to MESS with ya, Aleck!
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Last edited by Pat Marr; 06/15/13 11:06 PM.
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