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According to wired.com, recently a large profit has been made off of binural sound (the sound in each headphones is slightly off to make you think its coming from inside your head as aposed to from the headphones). People pay large amounts of money to download sound-files containing these, because they belive its getting them "high". The people who researched this said some psychedelic bands can have the same effect on people (pink floyed), and advise against letting your children listen to it (that part made me laugh). A school district in oklahoma has banned cell phones and mp3 players of it. I'm going to make the assumption this entire thing is just placebo. You cant get high off of music, and why states are researching this to such point is beyond me. There are better places the usa should be spending its money.
-andrew
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I have heard of this and I wonder if this actually works. Becoming "high" off of music just seams impossible. but in today's world, most people can make most anytbing possible. I also hear that there are different types of this music that can cause different effects and degrees of a "high" like opium and marijuna.
ReplyDeleteI have also heard of this, and talked about it with friends. In fact, a friend of mine has tried it and said it works but you don't really get high, you just merely get the feeling of it. So I see nothing wrong with this, and I agree that the U.S. should definitely be spending their money in better ways.
ReplyDeleteI think that music can have a very profound effect on people, just not necessarily get them high. I know angry music can change my mood on me and I'll skip over sad songs when I'm in a good mood, so I can make the assumption that music has the ability to affect my mood. The fact that we are spending money on this is ridiculous. I'm sure the music itself is not making anyone high, but there are probably other factors involved in that feeling.
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