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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker May 16

    The illusion teaches much about perception: Sensory input is ambiguous; brain groups elements into coherent guess about worldly source; locks onto guess, perceives elements accordingly. 1st guess may be arbitrary; futile to explain why people differ.https://cnn.it/2L2VjSN 

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      2. Andy Hodgetts‏ @CaptainBinky May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm struggling to comprehend how it's even possible to hear that as "yanny".

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      3. Bryn Davies  🇪🇺 🇬🇧‏ @bryndavies May 16
        Replying to @CaptainBinky @sapinker

        and yet “yanny” is all I can hear. Baffling.

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      4. Andy Hodgetts‏ @CaptainBinky May 16
        Replying to @bryndavies @sapinker

        I tried very very hard to hear the word "yanny", but I may as well have been trying to hear the word "sausage" for all it helped. It's just not possible - the only explanation is I am in the Matrix and I'm being trolled by A.I.

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      5. WordVillein‏ @VilleinWord May 16
        Replying to @CaptainBinky @bryndavies @sapinker

        You've probably seen the explanation, but beyond having hearing frequency issues that keep you from hearing the "yanny", it could be poor speakers/a poor DAC, resulting in audio information being clipped or lost, and in turn never being heard.

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      1. Meme do momento‏ @prpenteado May 16
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        This guys nails it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUawekViYpk …

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      1. Ragnar Danneskjöld‏ @RagnarsRed May 16
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        It teaches the importance of good quality audio.

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      1. Scott Adams‏Verified account @ScottAdamsSays May 17
        Replying to @KDellerman @sapinker

        Incorrect. People listening to the same device at the same time hear it differently.

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      1. The grandmaster of funk Daniel‏ @ziinjin May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        It sounded like some reality ghost hunting show recording and them trying to make it sound like words. I heard neither. Sound like it started with Y but I heard no distinguishable N sound. Maybe I'm an alien?

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      1. This is just virtual babble‏ @ddmlxr May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is just virtual babble Retweeted Dylan  👻BOO 👻nnett

        https://twitter.com/MBoffin/status/996562598815416321 …

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        Dylan  👻BOO 👻nnett @MBoffin
        Okay, you're not crazy. If you can hear high freqs, you probably hear "yanny", but you *might* hear "laurel". If you can't hear high freqs, you probably hear laurel. Here's what it sounds like without high/low freqs. RT so we can avoid the whole dress situation. #yanny #laurel 🙄 pic.twitter.com/RN71WGyHwe
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      1. Erin Hickey‏ @etron4 May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ok, @sapinker, but what side are you on?

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      1. Eli‏ @eliandthings May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        @KevinMWhitfield one mans theory

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      1. Joseph Clark‏ @JoeJ_Clark May 18
        Replying to @sapinker @GingerMcQueen

        Laurel. Not even close.

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      1. Lucas Trengove‏ @Tgrove86 May 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Definitely showed how subjective things can be...on the other hand, no one heard pterodactyl

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      1. João Nunes‏ @JoaoNunes182 May 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        I hear both. One more high pitched, the other low pitched. As if they're said at the same time

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      1. Barry Purcell‏ @solo1y May 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nice tweet. Where the hell was that word economy for "Better Angels Of Our Nature"?

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      1. Hro‏ @WhyNotHro May 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        I hear DNA. Just slightly compressed.

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