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Why do we like music?

Started by Dalek, August 21, 2010, 07:16:24 PM

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Nephew Twiddleton

#15
August 25, 2010, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: vexati0n on August 25, 2010, 02:18:10 PM
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.
Strange and Terrible Organ Laminator of Yesterday's Heavy Scene
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Soy El Vaquero Peludo de Oro

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Jasper

#16
August 25, 2010, 07:47:47 PM
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

#17
August 25, 2010, 08:01:03 PM
I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.
Molon Lube

Jasper

#18
August 25, 2010, 08:05:24 PM
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

#19
August 25, 2010, 08:14:17 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:05:24 PM
Because understanding thoughts improves them.

I can prove that wrong.
Molon Lube

Jasper

#20
August 25, 2010, 08:16:06 PM
You have my interest.

Doktor Howl

#21
August 25, 2010, 08:17:33 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:16:06 PM
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.
Molon Lube

Jasper

#22
August 25, 2010, 08:22:37 PM
Aw, checkmate.  :(

AFK

#23
August 25, 2010, 08:23:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 25, 2010, 08:01:03 PM
I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Jasper

#24
August 25, 2010, 08:26:53 PM
Can we keep this thread harmonious?

Doktor Howl

#25
August 25, 2010, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 25, 2010, 08:23:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 25, 2010, 08:01:03 PM
I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 

:walken:
:walken:
:walken:

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

AFK

#26
August 25, 2010, 08:29:47 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:26:53 PM
Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass! 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

AFK

#27
August 25, 2010, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 25, 2010, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 25, 2010, 08:23:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 25, 2010, 08:01:03 PM
I like music.  I see no reason to dissect the reasons why.

Yeah, why go through all the treble? 

:walken:
:walken:
:walken:

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

Woot!  Fire up the tankards!
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Jasper

#28
August 25, 2010, 08:31:13 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 25, 2010, 08:29:47 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:26:53 PM
Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass!  

Aria really stepping to this?  

Nephew Twiddleton

#29
August 25, 2010, 08:46:06 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:31:13 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 25, 2010, 08:29:47 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:26:53 PM
Can we keep this thread harmonious?

No!  Seriously, someone should banjo ass!  

Aria really stepping to this?  

That one fell kinda flat.
Strange and Terrible Organ Laminator of Yesterday's Heavy Scene
Sentence or sentence fragment pending

Soy El Vaquero Peludo de Oro

TIM AM I, PRIMARY OF THE EXTRA-ATMOSPHERIC SIMIANS
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