Thought Experiment

Short reading followed by my commentary – but be warned! I’m making a point with this “thought experiment.” Let me know in the comments how listening made you feel and how far you got before wanting to turn it off. To contribute, here’s my website: https://amazingpolly.net/
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption but also a disruption of thought. – Arthur Schopenhauer
NOISE is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times – Joan Baez
We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore may be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. – Schoepenhauer
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation
You cannot hear music and noise at the same time – Henry David Thoreau
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. – William Dean Howells
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