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If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and there's none around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
Of course it does!
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Hell no!
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Huh? / Other?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tafkao wrote:
sound is the vibration not the sensation. The sensation is called hearing. If there is no ear to hear it, it could still be detected by a seismograph. Therefore it exists even in the absence of being heard.


I agree.

Didnt we already have this post before? I rember talking about it! Does any one els?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's easy to believe it does, but I think it doesn't. I believe soundi s defined by the waves that are interpreted by the ear. If there is no ear to interpret. No sound??


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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