system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is 2% volume not twice as loud as 1% volume?

I would just like to know, for this has baffled me ever since I've had a computer.
gpt
The percentages associated with volume levels on your computer have no physical meaning. They are constructed by engineers to create a reasonable distribution of volume as it is perceived by your ears. That's why two devices will have a different noise level for "60% volume" even if their max volumes are the same.