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Nextmanup Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 9/8/2018 at 10:44 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody (or nothing, device, etc...) is there, does it make a sound? Depends on how you define "make a sound." As soon as you define terms, this riddle isn't so perplexing. If "makes a sound" means sending reverberated energy waves through the ground and air away from the fallen tree, then yes, it "makes a sound" even if nothing else is out there. If "makes a sound" means sending reverberated energy waves through the ground and air AND THEN being received by some intelligent life with a brain capable of interpreting the energy into a signal, then no, the tree doesn't "make a sound" because nothing is out there to receive/interpret the energy being emitted by the fallen tree. Gotta define terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 9/8/2018 at 11:51 AM, WhoTom said: If a man speaks in the forest and there's no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong? (Credit: Tom and Ray from Car Talk. And their answer was "Yes.") When you are wrong - you’re wrong when you are right - you’re wrong as a matter of fact, when you are right, you’re more wrong than if you had just been wrong in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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