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Would it even wiggle the eardrums relatively to the rest of your head? Intuitively it seems that would only happen if the wavelength is exactly right, but at th
by WJW 2y ago
Would it even wiggle the eardrums relatively to the rest of your head? Intuitively it seems that would only happen if the wavelength is exactly right, but at that wavelength the frequency would be inaudible because the speed of light is so high.
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- rini17 2y agoIt can move soft tissues relatively to the skull bone, resulting in changes of pressure detectable by eardrums.
- amelius 2y agoSo those whooshing sounds of spaceships in sci-fi movies/series were real after all ...
- paulb73 2y agoBut surely it isn't wiggling the tissues by sound waves passing through matter, but by vibrating space time itself? The skull shouldn't be able to resist gravity waves any more than soft tissues or 10km of lead?
- dotnet00 2y agoWhen a gwave passes through, since the space contracts or expands, you get changes in density, since bone and soft tissue are different densities, there should still be a pressure differential that can be heard.
- rini17 2y agoIt does not directly change density of matter afaik, only exerts gravitational pull, same as Earth does, and that in turn influences the body. But unlike Earth's it rapidly changes in magnitude and direction.