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Youth and Perception

The older you get, the less frequency your ears can detect.  That doesn't mean that those frequencies aren't out there; or that others can't perceive them.Here is an example.  (Hat tip: N.D.)  It produces a sound that most people over 25 years old shouldn't be able to hear.  I have no clue if this particular test is reliable.  (FYI, I'm 31, and I heard the sound with head phones on.)Still, it's a scientific fact that teens can literally hear things that old people cannot.  Old people will way, "It doesn't exist!"  Well, quite clearly, it does.  There is no objective reality.

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).