Form follows function?

[Ranjit Randhawa <rsran@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List,
In the end it seems that either the well known dictum "form follows 
function" is irrelevant to the auditory sciences, considering the 
minimal response that I got for my question asking if anyone knew why 
the cochlea has a spiral shape or, there is really is no relevant answer 
to give. This then leads me to conclude that theories proposed, starting 
from Helmholtz till now, have no relevance to reality and can therefore 
be safely ignored leaving the field wide open to new approaches to 
frequency analysis rather then sticking with Fourier analysis and its 
higher derivatives.
Thank you, sincerely
Randy Randhawa