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The Cell in 40 Topics

were the sound level in your brain measured by a precise device at
that moment, complete silence would be found to be prevailing
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 orig-
inal. 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

Compared to cameras and sound recording devices, the eye and ear are
much more complex, much more successful and possess far superior
features to these products of high technology.

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