Laurel or Yanny? - The auditory equivalent of the dress

[Diabeetus]

Philosophers debate morals. They question the fabric of the universe. They question what the inherent, objective purpose of the average human life is. They ask the important questions.

The average human ponders over an auditory illusion.

No one knows where it came from. But it is here anyway. Listen to the clip, you be the judge. What do you hear?

 

[nice]

I hear that I still have tinnitus

Spoiler

also Laurel

 

[Desire Lines]

I hear Yanny, but somebody has already deduced that it's actually Laurel, so I guess I have brain damage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[PlasticOwls]

Yanny. How do you guys hear Laurel?

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

Laurel

 

[RG 448]

That’s clearly laurel[/thread]

 

[Desire Lines]

I hear Laurel now, what is this tomfoolery?

 

[Reynard]

I hear Laurel, but I can see where the other crowd is coming from.

 

[Teri-Teri]

I can hear both.

 

[Desire Lines]

By the way this is not the original, try this one

 

[UW 411]

Laurel. Not sure how anyone gets Yanny.

It's apparantly both words being said at once. Theory is that older people hear the lower pitched voice and youngsters hear the high-pitched voice.

 

[Bassomatic]

Can someone explain wth is going on?

Is this just another white/blue dress meme?

 

[BE 911]

I originally heard Yanny. I opened up Ableton to see if I could be able to hear Laurel in some way, and with this waveform, I can hear "Laurel" very clearly.

Here's the audio file:
https://my.mixtape.moe/vbbkoz.wav

I obviously can't prove the contrary given that I heard Yanny, so if someone that heard Laurel first could perhaps tinker with this, that would be lovely.

 

[DuckSucker]

Yanny. How do you guys hear Laurel?

I initially heard laurel but since someone said they hear yanny, I can kinda hear yanny too. Maybe if I had headphones on and was listening louder.
This kinda stuff is pretty interesting, fun, and neat.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Why do people care about this.

 

[PlasticOwls]

 

[Boxed in Lurker]

very clearly Laurel

 

[Overcast]

I hear Laurel myself.

 

[Burgers in the ass]

yanrel

 

[TheImportantFart]

I hear Laurel, but if I listen very carefully I can just about hear that this is a complete waste of time.