Klarinet Archive - Posting 000947.txt from 2004/03

From: "Dallas SCUBA" <forest_aten@------.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch perception
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:09:50 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@------.org>
To: <klarinet@------.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Pitch perception

> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>
> > Bill Hausmann wrote:
> >
> > << This could well be true. I have often wondered if the color I see as
> > "red" and what someone else sees as "red" are in fact the same visual
image.
> > The other person may, in fact, see my BLUE, but since he has learned to
> > identify it as "red" we still both know to stop at the traffic light. >>
> >
> > Whether your conscious perception of them is
> > different from mine is just a philosophical point. ;-)
>
> Less philisophical than imagined, I think. Diana Deutsch has done a number
> of experiments showing regional differences in perception of pitch.
>
> Mark C.
>

Mark,

I listened to a very interesting discussion by a leading proponent of
"string theory" physics, (on NPR yesterday). If the string theorists are
correct, it would mean that we have many more than three dimensions
surrounding us. (as many as ten minimum predicted by mathematical equations)
I wonder if this could/would account for many of the differences between
real and perceived sounds. (outside of the known physics that has already
been discussed) I guess until they can identify these "other" dimensions we
have to depend on the imagination.

Forest

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