My essay is finished, and what began as "an examination of music marketed as being specifically created for the benificial evocation of altered states of consciousness" has produced some surprising and disturbing results
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Yes well I won't reveal all to the public yet, but the compression process deletes certain frequencies considered to be 'unimportant.' This means harmonics, high-pitched sounds and certain midrange frequencies that would not be heard due to others interacting with them. However the research of Dr Alfred Tomatis starting fifty years ago, and subsequent studies, stress the importance of frequencies within a certain range for the proper stimulation of brain chemicals. Without a balanced diet of frequencies in certain proportions (outlined in my essay) the brain cannot develop nor function properly. And naturally, MP3 compression deletes those important ones, simply because they are not considered readily audible. Basically the lack of those important frequencies results in understimulation of certain parts of the brain, causing the afore mentioned problems. Also, the lack of high frequencies means that the muscle controlling the three bones within the ear responsible for detecting sound (the staepula muscle? don't remember...) does not develop properly, just like your arm would not develop if you didn't use it. It is concerning because the ramifications extend beyond short-term psychological effects, it can have implications relating to the development of vital organs such as the heart and brain. MP3 is making us stupid and dead!
It is concerning because the ramifications extend beyond short-term psychological effects, it can have implications relating to the development of vital organs such as the heart and brain.
MP3 is making us stupid and dead!
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