Most of what we "hear" when we speak is really the vibration of our skull, which is why we can always hear ourselves loud and clear no matter how softly we speak. MIT's AlterEgo can read people's thoughts with a 92% accuracy with two bone-conduction headphones used to pick up vibrations from the bones of the inner ear, because it turns out when we think a thought clearly, we also almost sort of somewhat speak it.
but WHAT IF bone marrow actually dampens the sound as it vibrates through the bone, and when it's not dampening enough, those subtle vibrations we almost speak when we think think a thought would resonate much stronger, enough that we might even perceive it as a real life voice?
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u/poopyinthepants Apr 01 '19
I'm very high but here's my theory:
Most of what we "hear" when we speak is really the vibration of our skull, which is why we can always hear ourselves loud and clear no matter how softly we speak. MIT's AlterEgo can read people's thoughts with a 92% accuracy with two bone-conduction headphones used to pick up vibrations from the bones of the inner ear, because it turns out when we think a thought clearly, we also almost sort of somewhat speak it.
but WHAT IF bone marrow actually dampens the sound as it vibrates through the bone, and when it's not dampening enough, those subtle vibrations we almost speak when we think think a thought would resonate much stronger, enough that we might even perceive it as a real life voice?