ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Yanny or Laurel

Okay, kiddo, so have you ever played a game where you listen to a sound and have to guess what is being said? That's kind of what's happening with this Yanny or Laurel thing.

Some people hear the sound as the word "Yanny" and other people hear it as the word "Laurel."

Now, let's talk about why that happens. So you know how different colors look different to different people? Like you might see something as blue but someone else might see the same thing as green? Well, it's kind of like that with sounds too.

The way we hear sounds depends on lots of things, like how old we are or how our ears are made. It's kind of like having a special filter that makes us hear things differently from each other.

So, some people have a filter that makes them hear "Yanny" and others have a filter that makes them hear "Laurel." It's not that one person is right and the other person is wrong, it's just that they are hearing it in different ways.

And that's why this Yanny or Laurel thing is such a big deal - it's like a fun mystery game where everyone is hearing something different!
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