When Paul Simon wrote , “People talking without speaking” he was differentiating between idle and hollow words (talking), and words with true weight and meaning behind them (speaking).
“People hearing without listening” is similar, only it happens far more often.
If someone is actually “speaking”, and say that the person speaking is disagreeing with something you believe to be true.
It’s very likely you will only be “hearing” things being said that you believe you can argue with in defense of your beliefs, and be “listening” without focus to all that is being said.
So you sit formulating your reactions to what you chose to “hear” and ignore all the rest that was meant to be “listened” to as well
Explanation:
To sum up, the key message of The Sound of Silence is that we never have to stay quiet and we should not be afraid of speaking out, both in our personal and our social life
