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Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« on: January 27, 2018, 11:58:15 AM »
I never knew this and found it interesting. As I read the article, I moved my eyes way left and way right, and thanks to a couple thousand hours underwater, my sensitive (aka damaged) eardrums (at least the right one) "clicked" as I did so. It's a fascinating evolutionary modification though, if the theory holds true.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/when-your-eyes-move-so-do-your-eardrums/551237/
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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2018, 04:52:10 PM »
I'm certain that it's nothing but a coincidence, with no purpose and no important. It couldn't possibly be a suggestion of intelligent design ...
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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2018, 06:40:30 PM »
I can hear it, too.  And now I can never unhear it.

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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2018, 09:43:24 PM »
I can't hear anything beyond the tinnitus.  It's screaming tonight.
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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2018, 11:11:53 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on January 27, 2018, 06:40:30 PM
I can hear it, too.  And now I can never unhear it.

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Same here.  Damn you Ben.  :lol:
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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2018, 09:54:03 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on January 27, 2018, 09:43:24 PM
I can't hear anything beyond the tinnitus.  It's screaming tonight.

Funny. Mine has been in the background for probably weeks, but over the last few days has also been rather irritating.

Maybe tinnitus is not really tinnitus, and we're just the ones who can hear the alien invasion force as they phase into our universe.  =D
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Re: Your Eyes Move Your Eardrums
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2018, 10:08:14 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on January 27, 2018, 09:43:24 PM
I can't hear anything beyond the tinnitus.  It's screaming tonight.

Ditto.  I've learned to ignore the hissing/ringing noise until someone mentions hearing and BOOM there it is.
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