Subject: [AUDITORY] Frequency + Political Acoustics From: Adam Weisser <adam_weisser@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:05:58 +0300--17dbe85cd96647ba88c0e5bd475b235a Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, I would like to share with you my latest piece on the topic of frequency= . While it is not strictly within auditory science, this work would have= never materialized if it weren't for the deeply-ingrained approach to a= coustic signals that has time and frequency as more or less independent = dimensions - two attributes of sound that are interrelated, but which we= generally perceive as essentially different. Contrasting this understan= ding with the fundamental definition of frequency in physics - the recip= rocal of the period - leaves much to be elucidated and is duly riddled = with paradoxes. In this manuscript, I review the different instantiations of the concept= of frequency in physics, engineering, mathematics, and perception, part= ially tracing their historical evolution, in attempt to answer the quest= ion of whether frequency can be counted as a separate dimension of reali= ty, in addition to space and time. The resolution ties together time, fr= equency, and determinism in a highly counterintuitive manner: https://zenodo.org/records/15162477 While I have no illusions regarding how this text (and its author) may c= ome across given the extraordinary claims put forth, I have tried to go = about it in the most rigorous way I could, while methodically scrutinizi= ng some long-held dogmas in the sciences, in hope of sparking further di= scussion, somewhere down the road. For what it's worth, I'm indebted to what I have learned (or maybe, misl= earned) by virtue of being part of the auditory community. Yet, these da= ys appear to be challenging to many members of the Auditory List. I once= had a good colleague (PKR) who lamented how we were never trained in "p= olitical acoustics" in engineering school, that would have endowed us wi= th the necessary skill set to be able to juggle between the various dema= nds of our whimsical bosses. Even today, still nobody teaches this subje= ct, and people are expected to figure out this vital skill as they go al= ong, while trying to survive and stay true to what they were originally = hired to do. It's perhaps ironic, because in every other respect, hearin= g science must be one of the most unifying and all-encompassing of all h= uman endeavors, being positioned in the nexus between physics, biology, = psychology, neuroscience, perception, communication, language, music, en= gineering, medicine, environment, architecture, computer science, mathem= atics, and many other disciplines. All this is in opposition to politics= , which usually excels in sowing division, whether we are ready to get d= irectly involved with it or not. I hope that we can transcend these unpleasant times both as individuals = and as a community and eventually get back to what we do best, which is = study hearing and sound. With wishes for better times to come, And thank you for your attention and time, Adam. --17dbe85cd96647ba88c0e5bd475b235a Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type=3D"text/css">p.Mso= Normal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}=0A= p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin= :0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{= margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSp= acing{margin:0}=0Ap.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><bo= dy><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">Dear all,</div><div style=3D"font-f= amily:Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">I would like t= o share with you my latest piece on the topic of frequency. While it is = not strictly within auditory science, this work would have never materia= lized if it weren't for the deeply-ingrained approach to acoustic signal= s that has time and frequency as more or less independent dimensions - t= wo attributes of sound that are interrelated, but which we generally per= ceive as essentially different. Contrasting this understanding with the = fundamental definition of frequency in physics - the reciprocal of the p= eriod - leaves much to be elucidated and is duly riddled with para= doxes.</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"fo= nt-family:Arial;">In this manuscript, I review the different instantiati= ons of the concept of frequency in physics, engineering, mathematics, an= d perception, partially tracing their historical evolution, in attempt t= o answer the question of whether frequency can be counted as a separate = dimension of reality, in addition to space and time. The resolution ties= together time, frequency, and determinism in a highly counterintuitive = manner:</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"f= ont-family:Arial;"><a href=3D"https://zenodo.org/records/15162477">https= ://zenodo.org/records/15162477</a></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;= "><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">While I have no illusions = regarding how this text (and its author) may come across given the extra= ordinary claims put forth, I have tried to go about it in the most rigor= ous way I could, while methodically scrutinizing some long-held dogmas i= n the sciences, in hope of sparking further discussion, somewhere down t= he road.</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"= font-family:Arial;">For what it's worth, I'm indebted to what I have lea= rned (or maybe, mislearned) by virtue of being part of the auditory comm= unity. Yet, these days appear to be challenging to many members of the A= uditory List. I once had a good colleague (PKR) who lamented how we= were never trained in "political acoustics" in engineering school, that= would have endowed us with the necessary skill set to be able to juggle= between the various demands of our whimsical bosses. Even today, still = nobody teaches this subject, and people are expected to figure out this = vital skill as they go along, while trying to survive and stay true to w= hat they were originally hired to do. It's perhaps ironic, because in ev= ery other respect, hearing science must be one of the most unifying and = all-encompassing of all human endeavors, being positioned in the nexus b= etween physics, biology, psychology, neuroscience, perception, communica= tion, language, music, engineering, medicine, environment, architecture,= computer science, mathematics, and many other disciplines. All this is = in opposition to politics, which usually excels in sowing division,= whether we are ready to get directly involved with it or not.</div><div= style=3D"font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;= ">I hope that we can transcend these unpleasant times both as individual= s and as a community and eventually get back to what we do best, which i= s study hearing and sound.</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;"><br></= div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">With wishes for better times to co= me,</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">And thank you for your attent= ion and time,</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;">Adam.</div></body><= /html> --17dbe85cd96647ba88c0e5bd475b235a--