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Can you listen to silence?

A bunch of my friends have been having an argument lately about whether or not you can listen to silence. Some say that you can listen to the absence of sound and some say you cant because you need noise to listen. I wanted to get some of your opinons. Please let me know what you think


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Silence is audible and therefore it can be heard and listened to. In this age, we're accustomed to so many sounds in the background: ie. tv, music, cars passing, airplanes flying over, the air conditioning hum, even the gentle noise of the fan on the computer. But if all of that is taken away, the silence can still be heard.