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There's amusia, which is being tone-deaf; there's musical anhedonia (not enjoying or being emotionally moved by music); and anecdotally there are very large dif
by gwern 8y ago
There's amusia, which is being tone-deaf; there's musical anhedonia (not enjoying or being emotionally moved by music); and anecdotally there are very large differences in ability to hear music - Beethoven, of course, but you can see a mention elsewhere in the comments of another composer, and here's one anecdote I was amazed by: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/agfbt1/am_i_weird_thread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/agfbt1/am_i...
"This is why my favorite thing to do is drive and listen to music. I have thousands of songs I have coded to mental movies, all of which are (to me) incredibly exciting. It's legitimately more pleasurable than sex. I don't have much drive towards TV and books because I have this. I've never actually asked if other people can do this. AFAIK, it's just a me thing."
(Although maybe he's just really bad at sex.)