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On hearing and listening.

They are very different things

Some people might have amazing hearing, but are not very good at listening, to either what they are listening to, or saying.

This is really important for audiophiles, and, for everyone in general in order to live a meaningful life.

Great hearing is of no value if one can’t listen...

hearing nounhear·​ing | ˈhir-iŋ
Definition of hearing

1a: the process, function, or power of perceiving soundspecifically : the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimulib: EARSHOT2a: opportunity to be heard, to present one’s side of a case, or to be generally known or appreciated
1: a listening to arguments
2: a preliminary examination in criminal procedurec: a session (as of a legislative committee) in which testimony is taken from witnesses
3: chiefly dialectal : a piece of news

Definition of listen

transitive verb


archaic : to give ear to : HEAR

intransitive verb

1: to pay attention to sound listen to music
2: to hear something with thoughtful attention : give consideration listen to a plea
3: to be alert to catch an expected sound listen for his step







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geoffkait
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Taught "Listening Skills" classes at my company for many years. Hardest class to teach advanced professional scientists, programmers, and engineers, I found.

Along with "Logic" classes in college, this is a skill that is no longer taught, OBVIOUSLY, given the state of this country right now.

We also used to teach Civics in High School, and it had a large unit on Propaganda. Evidently not being taught any more, either.

>>>>Uh, how so, Professor?
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Whoa! What?!
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I believe listening and hearing are really the same thing for most people who use the words. It’s just a semantics game to try to separate them. The word Perception also is essentially the same thing as hearing and listening. Having said that, a lot is not (rpt not) known about how we perceive sound, how we hear sound. A lot of it has to do with memory - long-term memory and short-term memory. That’s how you know the words and music to songs and how you interpret new music you’re hearing for the first time. But I digress.

If only you could hear what I’ve heard with my ears.
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