Why do we like music?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

To be honest, I think we like music for the same reason we like genocide: because we are machines from Hell designed to make Metal and kill.

This.

[Jasper]

I just like music.  I have no insight as to why.  It...pleases me?  I have no concrete analysis of pleasure though, so that doesn't really mean anything.

It alters my cognitions somehow.  Taps into something inside me, like sex or neurochemicals.  It feeds some kind of mechanism that screams approval into my cortex and tells me I'm living well. 

I could have just quoted ECH and said "this", in retrospect.

[Doktor Howl]

I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

[Jasper]

Well, there's cognitive neuroscience, which is sort of my bag.  Because understanding thoughts improves them.

I would bet a couple dollars that studying the way we appreciate music would increase music appreciation, but probably not for the exact reasons we'd expect.

[Doktor Howl]

Because understanding thoughts improves them.

I can prove that wrong.

[Jasper]

You have my interest.

[Doktor Howl]

You have my interest.

Right now I am thinking of minature versions of Lady Gaga, Nina Simone, and P!nk all doing illegal things in my pance.

This cannot be improved upon. 

That is all.

[Jasper]

Aw, checkmate. 

[AFK]

I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 

[Jasper]

Can we keep this thread harmonious?

[Doktor Howl]

I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 

I will roll a drunk in your honor, this evening.

[AFK]

Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass! 

[AFK]

I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 

I will roll a drunk in your honor, this evening.

Woot!  Fire up the tankards!

[Jasper]

Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass!  

Aria really stepping to this?  

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass!  

Aria really stepping to this?  

That one fell kinda flat.