Are you being brainwashed? Eerie truth behind viral ‘hidden messages’ in sound and why you hear them |
Unusual sounds have a habit of attracting unusual interpretations. Online, a short audio clip of thin, whistling electronic tones is surprising listeners: at first, it sounds like random noise, but when the accompanying sentence is revealed, many report suddenly hearing the words hidden within the same tones. The effect is striking and unsettling, producing a…