Oh also, on the topic of meaning and context:
Professional orchestras have historically (or at least since the 20th century) always held blind auditions; that is they only hear the playing of the applicant and have no other knowledge about them. They don't know their race, gender, height, whether they're ugly or attractive, whether they're fat or thin, whether they're rich or poor. (Sadly this is being replaced by woke auditions where they are VERY interested in your race, but that's still pretty fringe).
Why do they do this? Why don't they care about the all-important context more than the pure stimulus?
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