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Interesanta tēma, bet nu uzrakstīts dīvaini, daudz faktu, bet es kaut kā viņus nespēju saistīt kopā kā stāstījumu. Man pat šķiet, ka autors tos ir vienkārši izvēlējies, lai maksimāli bīdītu savas idejas. Daži pieņēmumi vispār šķiet ir tikai pieņēmumi bez seguma.

"The Renaissance taught us to like thirds at about the same time that Europe discovered sugar. This is why Mozart, who is full of thirds, sounds sweet. But this is a corruption of our older, savory taste for fourths."

"[The infant listener] can perceive a regular beat from her first day, and will move rhythmically to music, but not in time with music until she is four years old. Synchronizing to a beat is what nearly all animals can't do. Humans can, but it is interesting that we only acquire this ability slowly."