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-square41fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1399arrow-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-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·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-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThis isn’t philosophy. Its wankery. Sound is a matter of Newtonian physics, which do not in any way care about linguistics or perception.
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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. Its wankery.
Sound is a matter of Newtonian physics, which do not in any way care about linguistics or perception.
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