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DNA-Based Prediction of Nietzsche's Voice
- DanAndersen 12y agoHas this method been tested on DNA of living people with existing recordings, to assess whether it's actually an accurate way of predicting voices? EDIT: It's fake: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18315 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18315 >I have no idea whether anything in the Wikipedia article about Imp Kerr is true, but it's clear from internal evidence that the alleged Investigative Genetics article is a piece of performance art. The author is unable to restrain a certain telltale playfulness, e.g. here: >>Nietzsche’s vocalization exemplifies a flat, smooth, typical mild sounding voice: hued pitch, honeyed tone, low versatility in timbre, silvery hyponasal flow, disembodied texture with a touch of steel in vowels, and low head-nasal resonance (lower than expected in regards of Nietzsche’s robust mandibles).
- talideon 12y agoAt best this could have only only been approximation. Even between identical twins, the realisation of a person's voice an vary quite a bit, independently of those features determined by genetics.
- kenko 12y agoYeah, it's obviously a joke, but it's a good one!
- pc2g4d 12y agoHas any _real_ work in this area been attempted?