They wouldn't have been able to put up with it. They can't tolerate it. Noise is garbage perceptible to the ear. Visible' garbage is taken away by refuse trucks, but audible garbage remains - as if the auditory dimension wanted to take its revenge for centuries of suppression, discrimination, insult, and injury. The more examples the better in order to convince Westerners, brought up to glorify the eye, that they also possess another wonderful sense organ whose elevation is long overdue.
Scientists believe that they investigate everything, but they deceive themselves.
They mainly examine what can be comprehended in visual terms. They neglect what can be heard, and even the organ of hearing itself.