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		walleeee on July 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying... There is some evidence that ratio/octave recognition and preferences for consonant sound are culturally contingent http://mcdermottlab.mit.edu/papers/McDermott_etal_2016_conso... http://mcdermottlab.mit.edu/papers/Jacoby_etal_2019_Bolivia_... Preferences vary individually as well: modern music may feature or favor dissonance (e.g., some forms of metal, electronic)

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