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164 THE MIRACLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

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 vibra-
tions 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 finalises 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 com-
pletely 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 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 technolo-
gy 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