Yanny vs Laurel

[bright.ton42]

I distinctly heard L aurel each time......yet so many heard Yanny, does anyone know how/why this works?  The ABC  said they would explain later but i had to turn the  radio off. 

Same thing as the blue vs the gold dress.  Some time ago.  

Sorry no time to find a link but google will do so.

[janeababe]

I first heard it on the radio when I was driving home from work. I heard laurel. 

I couldn’t figure out all the fuss. The next night, it was on tv on the news and I heard yanny! 

I cant explain it. 

I must have an itch in both ears 😂😂😂

[not_for_sale2025]

It's a shame we weren't able to hear it without knowing it was either Yanny or Laurel. As mentioned, our brain is conditioned to explain observations based upon the evidence. I once watched a mouth that looked like it was pronouncing a word beginning with "B". All I could hear was the word, "Bar", when in fact the word was "Far", I think. But no matter how hard I tried, all I could hear when I looked at the mouth speaking was "Bar". My brain would not allow me to question the evidence. But then maybe a better brain might have been able to LOL.

[enigmabear]

I had another listen

But now, all I can hear is

Spoiler

Penny
Penny
Penny
Penny 

[jimmy*part4]

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@enigmabear wrote:

Still all Yanny 

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Any change from yesterday?

[lyndal1838]

It is rigged.....my OH hears Laurel, the same as I do and he has been diagnosed with significant deafness whereas my hearing is excellent.

[enigmabear]

Still got my Yanny on

[imastawka]

On Friday, I was downstairs, the radio was upstairs.

I heard Yanny.

Came upstairs and heard Laurel    

[not_for_sale2025]

I just listened to this again, really carefully. Each time I heard two distinct words at the same time. The man's deep voice said laurel on each occasion while a higher scratchy yanny followed the word laurel. If you only focus on the man's deep voice, all you hear is laurel. I also just read an article on the guy who recorded the word and he confirmed he said laurel.