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Scientific Question
| September 6th, 2011 at 6:12:41 PM permalink | |
| poosmells Member since: Apr 26, 2011 Threads: 7 Posts: 27 | If a tree falls in the forest and noone is around, does it make a sound? What is the real answer. "Stupid people are Stupid and that is Stupid." |
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| buzzpaff Member since: Mar 8, 2011 Threads: 82 Posts: 2835 | Depend on whether or not the lumberjack sticks his hairy fingers in his ears ! Buzz Paff |
| September 6th, 2011 at 6:37:18 PM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5727 | Yes. Sounds do not need to be heard, measured or recorded to exist. Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
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| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6403 | Of course it does. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
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| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7281 | If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, are its leaves green? This space is closed for remodeling |
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| matilda Member since: Feb 4, 2010 Threads: 3 Posts: 317 | Ask George Berkeley-- he knows the answer--sort of. It is more a philosophical question than a scientific one. |
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| FrGamble Member since: Jun 5, 2011 Threads: 17 Posts: 479 |
It sounds like da Bear wants to revisit a previous thread about God, let's not go there. "I know that the spades are swords of the soliders, I know that the clubs are weapons of war, I know that diamonds mean money for this art, but that's not the shape of my heart." - Sting |
| September 6th, 2011 at 7:46:06 PM permalink | |
| ItsCalledSoccer Member since: Aug 30, 2010 Threads: 42 Posts: 734 | Recently, science discovered background "noise" in the cosmos that supports the big bang as its expected aftershock. Did that "noise" only arise when we first "heard" it or were we just deaf to it beforehand? Not long ago, we "heard" the sun for the first time, and now know it's a very noisy place. Did that noise begin when we heard it or was it always there and we just were deaf to it? Things that are there, are there. We just have to not be deaf. |
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| Face Member since: Dec 27, 2010 Threads: 37 Posts: 941 |
Now you're just trying to start trouble. And I guess I might as well fall for it... The question is flawed. "No one" implies a person. It says nothing of birds, frogs, squirrels, racoons or any other being capable of hearing. If it was reworded to say "nothing is around to hear it, then... No, it doesn't. The 10th edition of Meriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines sound as 1 a: a particular auditory impression : TONE b: the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing c: mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (as air) and is the objective cause of hearing. The first definition (1a) is impression, as in "this band sounds terrible". It doesn't apply to this question. 2a - "a sensation perceived". If nothing is there with a sense of hearing to perceive it, the sound doesn't exist. It is only... ...3a - mechanical radiant energy. The 3rd definition is even inclusive "AND is the objective cause of hearing". Sound is a perception. If there is nothing there to perceive it, it does not exist. " 'Luck' is probabilty taken personally" - Penn Gilette |
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| Toes14 Member since: May 6, 2010 Threads: 11 Posts: 350 |
A) - Yes, Sasquatch heard it! Then he came upon some hikers eating Jack Links Beef Jerky . . . B) - What's a 'noone'? (I think you left out a space there!) "Oh Gravity, thou art a heartless bitch!" - Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper |
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