Yes. I scrolled and found it by chance: "Simply put, your brain is trying to figure out what it’s hearing, so it’s filling in the gaps of the noise you’re listening to with a common sound."
Cmd+f found no mention of AM radio in there, which is another possible explanation for hearing voices or music in those machines. If I were hearing that, I wouldn't appreciate this article telling me it's in my head.
Agreed. I always read the first few paragraphs then see that I'm not even 1/8th of the way down the page but have gotten all of the info I need and click off and read HN comments.
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I can't finish wired articles. It seems they are never going to get to the point. What's the tldr?
Yes. I scrolled and found it by chance: "Simply put, your brain is trying to figure out what it’s hearing, so it’s filling in the gaps of the noise you’re listening to with a common sound."
Cmd+f found no mention of AM radio in there, which is another possible explanation for hearing voices or music in those machines. If I were hearing that, I wouldn't appreciate this article telling me it's in my head.
Thank you.
Agreed. I always read the first few paragraphs then see that I'm not even 1/8th of the way down the page but have gotten all of the info I need and click off and read HN comments.