Humans internally carry oceanic sound because we evolved from aquatic ancestors
Evidence
This would not be silence, however. It would not be silence because even if we could flee or cancel out our noisome outside environment, we must always carry that environment inside us; and that environment is rich in sound. Our veins and arteries and heart are filled with blood that is of the same salinity as the seas in which our aquatic ancestors floated, and those internal waterways pound and surge like surf on the beach, and we are hardwired to pick up these liquid sounds and frequencies, sounds like my bucket dredge, precisely because we once were fish. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 607
It would not be silence because even if we could flee or cancel out our noisome outside environment, we must always carry that environment inside us; and that environment is rich in sound. Our veins and arteries and heart are filled with blood that is of the same salinity as the seas in which our aquatic ancestors floated, and those internal waterways pound and surge like surf on the beach, and we are hardwired to pick up these liquid sounds and frequencies, sounds like my bucket dredge, precisely because we once were fish. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 607
Categorization
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 607
- XREF: connects to: In near-total silence a person may hear the mechanics of their own body — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 578; Brains conditioned by evolution may generate sound when none exists — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 333; Fish ears evolved from a pressure-sensing swim bladder linked to an otolith — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 341 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Modern immersive listening re-creates primal ocean-womb acoustics
#expands(0.85) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 419