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Music, Mind, and Morality
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Music, Mind, and Morality

By Jon Hersey

Aug 19, 2022
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited version of a speech delivered at TOS-Con 2022. The written version retains the character of an oral presentation.

Let’s start with a little experiment. Listen to this short clip of music and take note if at any point you feel chills or goosebumps or the like.1

Do you feel that? That’s Merry Clayton’s background vocal…

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