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Originally posted by cowgirltease
I think you need to smoke a joint and it will all become very clear to you Darlin..

Maybe not a joint, I'd rather not risk the irritation to my vocal chords, but I've always wanted to try marijuana, so maybe some cookies would be worth trying

Now, back on topic:

I understand what you're saying Lilith, but what I'm trying to get my head around is this: We can sample and then play back samples of music at such a rate that the sound is perceived as continuous to humans. If people hear soul, and a computer can store and retrieve samples of whatever sound it is instructed to, could a computer be programmed such that it can compose music that sounds soulful to a certain significant sample of people? Are people that complex and unique that their perception of soulful sound cannot be expressed algorithmically, keeping in mind the incredible power of computers to crunch numbers and analyse data?