[In the latter case, the caller hears a canned message - said] in a very nice way, ... The person you are trying to reach will return your call later. Thank you. Good-bye.

A person hears only what they understand.

I'm not a nice person.

In the case of a person, ... you know, I was 10 once. I was 15 once. I was 20 once. I was 30 once. And now I'm in my 50s. So I am who I am today. But I'm also all of those other things. And I will be more than that in the future. But I'm each one of those things.

It turns out that the latter is the case. The chemical composition appears to be very ordinary.

I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears.