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