FalconP
Headphoneus Supremus
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The problem is that people often don't want to believe in the obvious until some authority figure hammer the truth right in, and "common sense" is all but common.
Things like "The Mozart effect" are too good a free lunch to pass: you can get "smarter" (whatever that means) by doing next to nothing, what's not to like about it? People want to believe it is true. Record companies want to perpetuate this belief too, so that they can drag out their old catalog and make some quick bucks -- again, too good a free lunch to pass.
Originally Posted by oqvist /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wonder if those scientists got payed for stating the obvious? I mean just use common sense... If you get sleepy and relaxed while listening to music you aren´t activating your brain. |
The problem is that people often don't want to believe in the obvious until some authority figure hammer the truth right in, and "common sense" is all but common.
Things like "The Mozart effect" are too good a free lunch to pass: you can get "smarter" (whatever that means) by doing next to nothing, what's not to like about it? People want to believe it is true. Record companies want to perpetuate this belief too, so that they can drag out their old catalog and make some quick bucks -- again, too good a free lunch to pass.