the shallowest waters make the most noise?

You can actually see it in nature itself, the shallowest streams gurgling by, making a lot of noise while the deepest rivers just silently flow by! I think its very true with human nature too…people who are burbling all the time or just making small talk have nothing profound to offer really. They listen less so they retain less within themselves, only frivolous issues and petty gossiping. Silence may not necessarily mean an introvert person. Also, I’ve seen people who are mostly at fault on a particular issue, make the most noises to hide their guilt, a totally different perspective, but just thought of adding

Often true, but not always. Sometimes people who feel ignored and/or disenfranchised start to act this way too, though they may have started off quiet and reasonable.

Mm-hmm

I fully believe that, look at all the loud mouths of the world. One certainly doesn't have to yell to get their point across or make others listen a soft voice actually makes people listen harder.

Hllo, Judith. I think you have something there. The people I respect the most are those who sit and listen to what everyone else has to say. Then they'll slip in a quiet comment that sums everything else up really neatly. If what you have to say matters, it doesn't matter about the volume. Having said that, I think if you're talking politics or religion, volume is seen as a badge of honour. I rest my case.

From an acoustical point of view that would depend on whether you were above or under water, and on what kind of sea floor the water had. A hydrophone under water would have much more effect in deeper water with hard sediments than in shallow waters with soft ground near a beach. ;-) We have this one annoying politician though, when everyone else tries to argue, she's just pissed off. Usually very loudly pissed off, and most of the time for no reason at all, but then she gets to yell.

"Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge” - so said Leonardo da Vinci.

true. they also say that still waters run deep.

hi blue bunny oh yes I think so just go into any bar the loudest yeller is the guy five quarters drunk who is yelling that the guy sitting next to him stinks, when the yeller is giving off so much fumes, the bartender is getting dizzy. or the poor waitress who gets yelled at my coffees cold, now the yeller here has been on her cell phone for an hour and never touched her coffee til now, but the poor waitress gets yelled at for letting the coffee get cold. go figure. now to post this and actually have it load. lol lol.

When my boss yells at me he repeats himself constantly. I am yawning here because i could not yawn at him- if you get what I mean. That is what I would like to do - look bored and yawn but then he would give me the boot. That's not nice is it? :Looks around nervously

Absolutely true. Sometimes, the yelling is so extreme that we cannot hear the words, as most of us automatically "tune out" whatever sounds like noise or we walk away from it. Most people that have the most to say, say it using the fewest words. That is wisdom.

I mostly shout when I have to say a lot of things and make myself winner of the argument. As when I start shouting no one has their say, everyone give up and accept what I have to say. May be some people shout more in order to hide their inability to say anything in lower tone to make it convincing, some shout in order to drag attention. A Shout has many reasons, some are well known and some are unnecessary too, That is someone who shouts when hey are drunk lol

The validity of someone's opinion has no relation to how forcefully they express it. A lot of people are absolutely certain their version of what has happened and why is the "real truth" and therefore they are entitled to over-ride (or shout down) any dissenting view. That is why people who watch Fox News on a regular basis do not pay attention to any other source. There is also a remarkable element of fear and insecurity in those who are wrong at the top of their voice. Oh, well. I do not shout. If somebody raises the volume during a discussion, I just wait. Sooner or later, they run out of energy or patience and then it is my turn. For a lot of people, their minds operate in some kind of steel grip, where a difference of opinion is frightening. As some smart aleck once said, "The problem is not all the stuff the guy doesn't know. The problem is all the stuff he knows that isn't so."