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 For some, it is the sound of fingernails
scraping on a blackboard. For others, a crying baby, the trill of a mobile
phone or the sound of someone retching.
Now British scientists have launched the BadVibes project, a quest to
find the world’s worst sound to help shed light on how Stone Age sonic
likes and dislikes shaped modern sound preferences.
BadVibes was launched by Prof Cox at the Museum of Science and Industry
in Manchester and around 30,000 people have voted for their least favourite
sound.
"People can log on to www.sound101.org and then listen and vote on
a collection of awful sounds."
The somewhat dubious premise of this "study" is that if disgust
with certain sounds proves ubiquitous, it means our earliest ancestors
hated
that sound, and that dislike is hardwired into our nervous system. We
doubt that Fred Flintstone developed a dislike for the sounds of dental
drills, police sirens, car alarms or jackhammers, all certainly reviled
around the globe today. And how to explain the universal dislike of the
sound of alarm clocks?
from the Telegraph
Check out BadVibes for
yourself, and vote for the worst sounds. Also download horrible ringtones……
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