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Originally Posted by Raphi'Elohim
I find it weird people can be so picky. I understand sound bothers smart people as the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said "a persons intelligence is inversely related to how much sound they can take" but that is more like random fire alarms noise levels and stuff of that nature I would think.
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No, for Arthur Shopenhauer, it was noise in general. From his essay
On Noise.
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Occasionally it happens that some slight but constant noise continues to bother and distract me for a time before I become distinctly conscious of it. All I feel is a steady increase in the labor of thinking — just as though I were trying to walk with a weight on my foot. At last I find out what it is.
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https://www.noisehelp.com/schopenhauer-quotes.html
Personally, just by reading this essay, I come to the conclusion that Arthur Shopenhauer was something of a fussbudget and a bit conceited. Some people have a lower toleration for noise than others, is all. I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence. I know when I'm working on something that requires concentration and there is background music, or something else vying for my attention, that I find it really tiring — so I know this affects non-intelligent people as well. I understand what Shopenhauer means by "distractions" and "labor in thinking" (above).
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Originally Posted by Raphi'Elohim
If you really find it a problem wear bluetooth headphones while listening to streaming soothing study orientated baroque music or something.
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I can't listen to music while I'm reading. I like it quiet. I guess that's why I usually read at night when everyone is asleep.
But, more on topic, the clicking keys on the GL3 are loud enough to wake my wife, who is a light sleeper.