Today I read a fascinating
post by Rhett Allain at Wired.com that tackled why one "hears" the ocean while placing an ear up to certain sea shells. His description brought me back to childhood, when the ocean
really was in my shell -- you couldn't convince me otherwise!
The truth is I've read about this elsewhere, but I was blown away by Allain's description of how this phenomenon works. I'm not too sharp in math, but I recommend it for anyone interested in having their childhood crushed indefinitely by physics (in a good way, though).
I wonder what human ancestors thought about things like this. Perhaps they figured it out, too?
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