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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It says THE CONE OF CONFUSION.

Can you hear it better at that volume?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It refers to the ability to locate the source of a sound. It supposes that the localization is achieved only by the difference of the time of arrival of the sound to both ears. That's why the curve is a hyperbola, which is the set of points which distances at the focuses (ears) have the same difference, so you couldn't differentiate which of all the points in the hyperbola is the actual source (confusion). But this is too simplistic, the auditory system is much more sophisticated and the source can be localized by other means.

Sound Localization

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It's like a cone of shame but for when you have Aural sex and get hearing AIDS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They're talking about determining the origin of a sound. They're saying if a sound originates from anywhere on the line of the cone shape it becomes impossible to decipher where it originated accurately. Humans actually have decent vertical echolocation, but just like dogs do when they're trying to vertically echolocate we can also just face the approximate sound origin and tilt our heads to improve echolocation accuracy because our brains use the difference in elevation between our left and right ears to pinpoint the sound's location.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool explanation, but that's not what echolocation means

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

i assume replacing "echo" with "audio" or other term that means sound would work?

echo means you create the sound and listen for a echo back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact since one of my ears doesn’t work I can’t echolocate :’)))

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Have you considered giving it a raise? ^(ba^ ^dum^ ^tsss)^

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You have elevated me to the plane of understanding, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you need me I’ll be in the chamber of understanding.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I cannot hear you, I'm in the tetrahedron of silence

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I ended up in the scutoid of despair

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I’ll be in the angry dome

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Someone help, I'm in the Parallelpiped of Pain