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             ear, the middle ear transmits the sound vibrations by intensifying
             them, and the inner ear sends these vibrations to the brain by trans-
             lating them into electric signals. Just as with the eye, the act of hear-
             ing finalizes in the center of hearing in the brain.
               The situation in the eye is also true for the ear. That is, the brain is
             insulated from sound just as it is from light. It does not let any sound
             in. Therefore, no matter how noisy is the outside, the inside of the
             brain is completely silent. Nevertheless, the sharpest sounds are
             perceived in the brain. In your completely silent brain, you listen to

             symphonies, and hear all of the noises in a crowded place. However,
             were the sound level in your brain was measured by a precise de-
             vice at that moment, complete silence would be found to be prevail-
             ing there.
               As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been spent in
             trying to generate and reproduce sound that is faithful to the origi-
             nal. The results of these efforts are sound recorders, high-fidelity
             systems, and systems for sensing sound. Despite all of this technol-
             ogy and the thousands of engineers and experts who have been
             working on this endeavor, no sound has yet been obtained that has
             the same sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear.
             Think of the highest-quality hi-fi systems produced by the largest
             company in the music industry. Even in these devices, when sound
             is recorded some of it is lost; or when you turn on a hi-fi you always
             hear a hissing sound before the music starts. However, the sounds
             that are the products of the human body's technology are extremely
             sharp and clear. A human ear never perceives a sound accompanied
             by a hissing sound or with atmospherics as does a hi-fi; rather, it
             perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way it
             has been since the creation of man.
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