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Yep that's why I added "muffled" (i.e. not 100% clear). Maybe it's worth clarifying that I wasn't trying to correct the commenter, just adding my original (naiv
by smcl 5y ago
Yep that's why I added "muffled" (i.e. not 100% clear). Maybe it's worth clarifying that I wasn't trying to correct the commenter, just adding my original (naive? wrong?) belief about how this worked :)
- Ensorceled 5y agoSince you sound sincere here ... I read your comment as disagreeing with and correcting the original comment.
- smcl 5y agoOops, it wasn't intended! I think maybe the "but" in my comment makes it sound that way?
- Cederfjard 5y agoYeah, to me it reads ”that’s a nice theory you have, but now I’ll tell you mine, which I think is the correct one”.
- smcl 5y agoI just liked how they related the speed of sound to the distance between ears to explain the (possibly less than) ~0.5ms thing, and how it was nicer than the naive explanation I had previously assumed