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> [The normal way of gathering information is through sound: when you hear information that you want to gather, you look in its direction, you see what it is, if you choose you can get closer, you can see it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-normal-way-of-gathering-information-is-through-sound-when-you/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/gordon-hempton-18344_committed_the-normal-way-of-gathering-information_876742.jpg)

## More by Gordon Hempton

> [Acoustic ecology is the study of information systems: the shared acoustic environment and how species send and receive messages in this shared acoustic environment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/acoustic-ecology-is-the-study-of-information-systems-the-shared/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of the concert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/if-you-re-listening-to-a-symphony-you-re-getting-all-the-information/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-earth-has-continued-to-change-from-rapid-climatic-changes-that/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [You can listen to a birdsong, and from the content of the birdsong, you will be able to determine whether or not the bird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/you-can-listen-to-a-birdsong-and-from-the-content-of-the-birdsong-you/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [You don't really need to engage your visual sense, because the natural wiring of the human psyche is to monitor the environment through sound,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/you-don-t-really-need-to-engage-your-visual-sense-because-the-natural/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/quiet-is-the-element-of-discerning-what-is-essential/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational beacon, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/i-believe-that-our-distant-nomadic-ancestors-came-forward-and/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [How are we going to know what sounds are important before we've even heard those sounds? It's an absurd question. The only thing we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/how-are-we-going-to-know-what-sounds-are-important-before-we-ve-even/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [What visual information does is it creates priorities. You cannot know with certainty what lies behind something else. There are very few transparent materials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/what-visual-information-does-is-it-creates-priorities-you-cannot-know/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Not only does the modern person often think that sight is more important than sound - there's no objective evidence to indicate that. Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/not-only-does-the-modern-person-often-think-that-sight-is-more/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a number-one environmental concern,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/many-environmentalists-have-failed-to-recognize-that-the-preservation/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The normal way of gathering information is through sound: when you hear information that you want to gather, you look in its direction, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-normal-way-of-gathering-information-is-through-sound-when-you/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The most important thing for our species is, before it speaks, to listen to its environment. That has a higher priority in any species'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-most-important-thing-for-our-species-is-before-it-speaks-to/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Often how you define the problem will determine whether or not you're able to find a real solution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/often-how-you-define-the-problem-will-determine-whether-or-not-you-re/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/i-used-to-hate-the-urban-environment-and-the-urban-din-but-i-realize/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

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