The true definition of silence is the absence of sound, to not mention as in concern, or to be forgotten. However, it also is a word that affects on many levels. Silence is used in debate, when used correctly a debater can seem to overpower the opponent. It is used in music to add drama and allow a greater impact to melodies. In science there are DNA molecules that are silent, meaning that they won't affect a person until later in life; that is if they even start to become active. Gestures can indicate for a person to be silent; the main one being the index finger over the lips. Cultures also use silence in worship services; it is used as prayer and meditation. Silence is a sort of warning signal between animals. When one stands completely still, it is a sign to the others that there is a danger around. Between humans, silence is similarly a warning. Most humans don't like long periods of silence and so they fill it with talk or music.
A study was shown that the brain, when a person watches a silent movie, can pick up sounds. This is a bit backwards from silence but it still tells that humans relate more to sound than they do to silence. There was a statement that some scientists don't believe that silence is possible; for silence would be the absence of all sound, even thought. For that to happen would mean that a person would have to die. However the deaf live in supposed silence, for they can not hear. There is also the fact that most of nature in our world is losing places of silence to technological advances and automobiles. This would be nature's silence or the sound that nature brings and the silence from the modern, traffic filled world.
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