Quite a long discussion. Up to you if you agree or not. Some argue that this article focuses too much on the cognitive, others say that it is the details themselves that make this article an interesting read.

What do you think?

A popular song has 100 measures, 1000 beats. What must the Martians imagine we mean by those measures and beats, measures and beats! The words themselves reveal an awesome repetitiousness. Why isn't music boring? Is hearing so like seeing that we need a hundred glances to build each musical image?