Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow do you know if a tree that fell in the forest made a sound?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1444arrow-down1message-squareHow do you know if a tree that fell in the forest made a sound?Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year ago it doesn’t. Oh, ok. It creates sound waves… Uh…
minus-squaremosiacmangolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoAre you earnestly saying sound only exists if someone hears it? A sound, also known as “air vibrations” to some, exists independently of a listener. It does not “become sound” only if someone hears it.
minus-squaremosiacmangolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThis isn’t philosophy, It’s wankery. Sound is a matter of Newtonian physics, which do not in any way care about linguistics or perception. The universe is not so concerned with our perspective that it changes itself to suit us.
Oh, ok.
Uh…
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Are you earnestly saying sound only exists if someone hears it?
A sound, also known as “air vibrations” to some, exists independently of a listener. It does not “become sound” only if someone hears it.
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This isn’t philosophy, It’s wankery.
Sound is a matter of Newtonian physics, which do not in any way care about linguistics or perception.
The universe is not so concerned with our perspective that it changes itself to suit us.
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