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by chongli 3713 days ago
It is not sound data. It is words without sound. There is no tone, no pitch, no volume. It is just words. Thoughts. Concepts. Ideas.

Hearing has so many drawbacks. It is limited in range. It is affected by environmental noise. It is linear and if you miss a word you need to have it repeated somehow, which may not always be possible. Thoughts have none of these limitations.