[Erasmus]

Which makes it a problem in semantics.

In the same class as the riddle “If a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?”

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Which makes it a problem in semantics. In the same class as the riddle “If a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?”

So, Jemian, what is the logical conclusion you reached? I agree with Erasmus.

[Jemian]

Yes, it still makes a sound. The vibrations are indeed generated and are in existence, irregardless (which should soooo totally be a word!) of the subjective value of a recepticle being there to perceive it. Just as the colors of fish deep in the ocean and the colors and structures of the universe outside of our explorations still exist and have existed since creation, so a falling tree makes a sound. Things are because they are and we either perceive it or not. Humans are not the center and determining substance of matter.

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