Laurel

[ethernautrix]

I... just can't hear "Yanny."

[countrydirt]

Well, when they play the one that says Yanny I can hear it, just like I can hear the one that says Laurel. This whole laurel/yanny deal may be the most inane thing I've seen this week (and I'm a high school teacher!)

[jar]

Well that certainly lost me. I don't hear either.

[Empty_of_Clouds]

This one is much more entertaining, and puzzling.

You hear what you are thinking of. Bizarre!

[catbert]

Ah, but can you SEE it?


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I hear both, depending. On my Mac it's Laurel; on my phone it's Laurel if the earbuds are mashed in, Yanny if they're falling out. You can control it yourself: If you hear Yanny, boost the bass and get Laurel. If you hear Laurel, raise the pitch or listen on something with a tinnier speaker to get Yanny. Somewhere in the middle you get both or alternating. Happens on TV sometimes.

[ethernautrix]

There's a clip of the word's being repeated with different bass levels... and still... Laurel. The visual is great! There, I can see both.

You know, when I saw that in my Google newsfeed, I told myself, "Don't click on it." And I didn't! Laurel, Yanny -- whatevs!

Two days later, I clicked. Laurel. That's it. Whatever that means.

[ethernautrix]

This one is much more entertaining, and puzzling.

You hear what you are thinking of. Bizarre!

It's late at night, so I couldn't listen at a high volume, but I heard "pine needle." Wasn't thinking of pine needles, but.... there ya go! Now I am! I mean, not in any great detail. No. I heard "pine needle," but I'm not visualizing it.

Dammit. I just did. Nope! Gone! So fleeting....

[ethernautrix]

Hahaha. I just noticed that the title of that video mentions Brainstorm and Green Needle. Well, I heard the needle part.

[catbert]

I hear 'needle ... storm'.

[Empty_of_Clouds]

The interesting part of course is that what you hear is related to what you are thinking about, rather than having some objective truth to it.

[Kaputnik]

For those like myself who had no idea what you were referring to, I found this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_WvGAhMlQ

Apparently this has "taken the Internet by storm". I always find statements like this puzzling. Are people sharing things like this via Facebook or Twitter until at some point it can be assumed that everybody who's anybody has heard of them? Not criticizing, genuinely curious how this "meme" thing works. Certainly, I'm unlikely to have heard of them, and special interest forums like this one are the closest I come to social media.

For what it's worth, I hear "Yanny" and nothing but Yanny. This is one reason I prefer written confirmation of any vital information, although Catbert's cursive example above makes me less certain. And for EOC's example, I hear nothing intelligible.

[azkid]

the science behind it: https://youtu.be/yDiXQl7grPQ

Fascinating! You will probably hear it differently if you play it back frequency-shifted up or down.

[blopplop]

the science behind it: https://youtu.be/yDiXQl7grPQ

Fascinating! You will probably hear it differently if you play it back frequency-shifted up or down.

Okay, that was cool. Thanks for the link.

For the record, I heard yanny everytime. Until it was slowed down, then I could make out laurel. But not overwhelmingly so.

Dave

[ethernautrix]

For those like myself who had no idea what you were referring to, I found this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_WvGAhMlQ

Apparently this has "taken the Internet by storm". I always find statements like this puzzling. Are people sharing things like this via Facebook or Twitter until at some point it can be assumed that everybody who's anybody has heard of them? Not criticizing, genuinely curious how this "meme" thing works. Certainly, I'm unlikely to have heard of them, and special interest forums like this one are the closest I come to social media.

This came up on my Google feed. I ignored it until... I didn't. I rolled my eyes, though.

Also in my Google feed quite often -- a lot about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. I "saw" the headlines but didn't read any of the articles. I understood that they were engaged. Yesterday, out of idle curiosity, I clicked on thet link to find out *when* the wedding was. It was yesterday! So I ended up watching the last several minutes of the ceremony and the procession to the church steps to greet the public. I'm not a Royals watcher, if that isn't obvious, but I was not unaffected. "Fairy-tale" was sprinkled throughout the commentary like croutons on a Caesar salad, and the little girl inside me that I haven't suffocated with experience and still believes in fairy tales gave a little hopeful sigh.

Then my inner cynical bitch stabbed her. (Not to kill. Just to remind.)

[jar]

I had never heard of Meghan Markle.

[SIR]

I had never heard of Meghan Markle.

I'd never heard of Charles Munger until very recently...

[Runnin_Ute]

I have only heard laurel. I heard it on the car radio. On a sports talk program.

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Hardy

[Scrawler]

I hear something part way between Yannel and Yanny. Probably old ears or something. My friend who was listening with me insists it is Laurel and became angry with me for disagreeing with her.

[Kaputnik]

I hear something part way between Yannel and Yanny. Probably old ears or something. My friend who was listening with me insists it is Laurel and became angry with me for disagreeing with her.

Maybe that's the point. It's not about the apparent fact that people hear it differently. It's a psychological test to show how easily we lose our tempers with people who won't agree with us.

After having the "science" explained, it's still amazing to me that anyone could listen to that and hear "Laurel". But I'll concede that it's apparently the case. Makes you wonder about real life instances where people "mishear" you in particularly bizarre ways.