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The audio was derived entirely from a recording of a man saying "laurel" (can be heard here: [1]). There's no recording of him saying "yanny" because it isn't a
by Grue3 8y ago
The audio was derived entirely from a recording of a man saying "laurel" (can be heard here: [1]). There's no recording of him saying "yanny" because it isn't a word. The high frequencies of "laurel" do in fact sound like "yanny".
[1] https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/laurel https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/laurel
- rcthompson 8y agoWell, if someone doctored a recording of "laurel" to make it sound like "yanny" and then mixed it back into the original recording of laurel (or did something mathematically equivalent), then maybe both the article and my comment are correct.
- tristanj 8y agoMixing two audio files is contrary to what the people who posted this to instagram & twitter stated they did.