On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:12:46AM -0500, Phil Mendelsohn wrote:
> > (I can also explain why some people *can* hear the difference, and why it
> > doesn't matter!)
> 
> What's the short version on why it (officially) doesn't matter?

One word:  heuristics.  You can learn to hear around a myriad of
non-linearities, the magnitude of which is sometimes quite astronomical.

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