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> there's a good chance these sounds come from the same object, due to the physical principle of resonance. And so our perception of sound evolved to reflect th
by tantalor 6y ago
> there's a good chance these sounds come from the same object, due to the physical principle of resonance. And so our perception of sound evolved to reflect this... we discovered that making decent music increases the odds of mating
It is likely we did evolve this unique ability, which our cousins do not have, but we have no idea why. These hypotheses about "same object" and "music -> sex" is unsourced speculation.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325444 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325444
- alok-g 6y agoThanks a lot for sharing this. Loved reading.
- sideshowb 6y agoHi, author here. Thanks for the link. You're right I have no expertise in the hypotheses you mention, for the post I intended them as light hearted framing. I'd be interested to know how the MRI results you link would compare for any bird species which use songs as a mating call/indicator of fitness. That would be another piece of the puzzle I guess. IIRC there has also been work by musicians attempting to link our notions of beauty to processes of pattern matching/learning, though again more in the realm of speculation than neuroscience. And for the record I like to think my own interest in music is at least slightly more profound than the quote above implies ;-)