22 Jul
2010
22 Jul
'10
11:13 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:50:58PM +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
We may be comparing the wrong thing when we compare
with the size of
objects to loudness.
Indeed. I did not mention the visual analogy to suggest
that the two domains are similar - rather to point out
they are not. Something that works for one of them does
not for the other.
I wonder how well we can judge something like twice
the
brightness.
Same problem. I gues we can't. Or that whatever value
of 'double' we arrive at will be without meaning.
My guess so far, but I have *NO* scientific evidence at
all to support it, just some intuition, is that human
perception of loudness of a sound is somehow related to
the extent that a particular sound does prevent us to
detect other known sounds, i.e. to masking effects.
CIao,
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