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If a device producing a more primitive image than the
eye could not have been formed by chance, then it is very
evident that the eye and the image seen by the eye could not
have been formed by chance. The same situation applies to
the ear. The outer ear picks up the available sounds by the
auricle and directs them to the middle ear, the middle ear
transmits the sound vibrations by intensifying them, and the
inner ear sends these vibrations to the brain by translating
them into electric signals. Just as with the eye, the act of
hearing 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 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 original. The results of these efforts are sound
recorders, high-fidelity systems, and systems for sensing
sound. Despite all of this technology 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.