Feb 27th 2016 10pm(PST) Dr. Glen MacPherson World "Hum" Map & Database!

Spaced Out Radio Show

Saturday night 10pm Pacific 1am Eastern Dr. Glen MacPherson drops by to chat about his project to track those experiencing a "Hum" in their towns and cities. What is his opinion so far as to the origins of these strange sounds? http://www.thehum.info/ Dr. Glen MacPherson is a scientist and lecturer at the University of British Columbia who started the World Hum Map and Database as a way to consolidate research and data about the Hum. It includes a database where people who have heard the hum can fill out a survey and map their location. MacPherson also delves into why it is so difficult for researchers to study this phenomenon, and why not much serious research has been completed to date. The first reason, he explains, is that are no external metrics available to quantify it. Anybody can claim to hear the Hum and it can often be subjective. The possibility of other low frequency noises, like trains, traffic, and heavy industrial activity, can muddle the analysis as well. "Further confounding the issue is the reasonable claim that the Hum may not in fact be a sound in the typical sense of the word, but rather a bioacoustical reaction rooted in some combination of electromagnetic, geomagnetic, infrasonic, and other factors," MacPherson wrote. Until scientists are able to dig more deeply into the causes of the Hum, sufferers are left to drown out the noise with music or other white noise. "When we examine the history of the Hum and its worldwide distribution, we are left with no convincing explanations for its cause," MacPherson said. https://hummap.wordpress.com/about/