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Doug replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"Thank you, Schyler. The vast majority of people I see making reference to Shrodinger's cat are actually using it as, like, a serious argument, not realizing that it was actually a satire.When investigators show up at a crime scene where…"

14 hours ago

Delstein replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"That depends on your definition of "sound". If it is "vibrations of air", then yes. If it is "the processing of vibrations of air", then no."

Apr 8

Bridget Brassil replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"I think that it depends what you consider sound. If you believe sound is just waves traveling through air, then it will make a sound. But if you consider sound as the interpretation of waves traveling through air, then it doesn't make a sound…"

Apr 2

Nive Asokarajan replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"It depends on the definition of sound. These are the definitions I found on dictionary.com 1. The sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations…"

Apr 2

Kate Gardiner replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"Ever heard of Schrödinger's cat?"

Mar 14

Kate Gardiner replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"both yes and no it right it all depends on how you define sound as sound waves or sound it only in existents within some ones brain after there ears have recreated the "sound" there is no right or wrong answer to this question it…"

Mar 14

Kotryna replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"Yes, because sound is a wave, a ripple in the air so even though it can't be "heard" as in consciously perceived, it can still be felt by plants and other life forms around. Let's not forget, it falls in the middle of a…"

Mar 12

María Belén Turnes replied to Parker Brown's discussion "Would you rather?" game

"dance every time I walk would you rather be disappointed by someone or disappoint someone yourself? [I did not mean for that to be so depressing]"

Mar 9

Danielle Zengri replied to Parker Brown's discussion "Would you rather?" game

"lose sight would you rather sing every time you talk or dance every time you walk?"

Mar 8

Gabriel Txai Koyotl Folly Zazuet replied to Parker Brown's discussion "Would you rather?" game

"give up chocolatte entirely would you rather lose sight or be deaf?"

Mar 8

Ray Nerd replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"What? Did you say something? ;-)I'd say this question is a technical yes, but a philosophical no. I will not be redundant. Rational arguments were made for both sides."

Mar 5

Marisa Ingraham replied to Parker Brown's discussion "Would you rather?" game

"fifty duck sized trexes Would you rather meet Tesla or beat up Edison?"

Mar 4

Alexander Riviezzo replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"I think that whether or not a thing is observed, it's still a thing, that's there, existing. Even if a human being isn't around to hear the sound of the falling tree, there are sure to be animals that hear it; and in the unlikely…"

Mar 3

Zimia replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"'If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?' Well, obviously it would make sound. One could just as easily ask, if waves are crashing on a beach, but no one is around to hear…"

Mar 3

Schyler Perkins replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"It's not that simple. It questions what we define sounds as, because we can experience what causes sound in 2 ways; cochlear stimulation that we hear and mechanoreceptors in our skin, that we feel. So, "sound" in a sense is like…"

Mar 2

Schyler Perkins replied to Parker Brown's discussion If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

"Shrodinger's cat was theorized to point out a flaw in the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, so it itself is wrong. Not knocking your point, just spreadin knowledge =]"

Mar 2

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