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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:18 PM // 21:18   #21
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There will always be something or someone there to hear the noise.
Life dictates it like that.


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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:21 PM // 21:21   #22
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I chose the 'Who cares' option just to break the rule that it's only for Arky >.>
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:36 PM // 21:36   #23
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I chose the 'Who cares' option just to break the rule that it's only for Arky >.>
You're about 5 votes late for that party.
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:41 PM // 21:41   #24
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Why the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO wouldn't it.

Humans arent the center of the universe you know.
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:42 PM // 21:42   #25
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haha i noticed xD

but i still wanted to break the rule >.>
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:48 PM // 21:48   #26
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Why the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO wouldn't it.

Humans arent the center of the universe you know.
Well seeing as there is no known center of the universe we very well could be. Also we are the only intelligent life on this earth so allow us to ponder the mysteries of life without being a stuck up ass. Thanks!

EDIT: I fail at spelling...
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:54 PM // 21:54   #27
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The answer is yes until the atmosphere is ripped from our planet by a passing chunk "o" crap and we have nothing left but the vacuum of space then the answer will be no
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 09:59 PM // 21:59   #28
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Well seeing as there is no known center of the universe we very well could be. Also we are the only intelligent life on this earth so allow us to ponder the mysteries of life without being a stuck up ass. Thanks!

EDIT: I fail at spelling...

All life is intelegent.. we just happened to be mor eintelegent then the others.

And as some 1 has stated there will be alwasy someone or somehtign to hear it fall...

A frog a bird, a cricket, a fly, a squirle, a horse, a wolf, a bear, a bug -_-
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 10:06 PM // 22:06   #29
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You know what I meant when I said intelligent...(ie: independent/intuitive thought)

Now, does the cricket exist? yes you see the cricket, but what if we created the cricket within our minds and so therefor everyone sees the cricket.
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 10:16 PM // 22:16   #30
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I was hoping when I opened this thread, that it would be a game. Where you post a picture of some crazy thing and we guess what sound it makes...but its just this tree question again.
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 10:59 PM // 22:59   #31
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A sufficiently destructive explosion could temporarily displace air through complete combustion of the atmosphere or concussion from a powerful shockwave, which would also be more than powerful enough to knock down trees in the vicinity. The trees falling in this temporary vacuum would not make a sound. Of course the trees might just be vaporized, incinerated, or blown to bits.



Anyway, yes, they make a sound.

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Old Jun 16, 2009, 11:35 PM // 23:35   #32
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All life is intelegent.. we just happened to be mor eintelegent then the others.

And as some 1 has stated there will be alwasy someone or somehtign to hear it fall...

A frog a bird, a cricket, a fly, a squirle, a horse, a wolf, a bear, a bug -_-
Yeah we did...

And of course it does.
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 12:21 AM // 00:21   #33
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The REAL question is this;

If a man stands in the forest with no women around, is he still wrong?
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 12:30 AM // 00:30   #34
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i'll drop a tree on your RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing head and see what kind of sound it makes then
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 01:05 AM // 01:05   #35
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 05:49 PM // 17:49   #36
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of course it makes a sound LOL...what a ridiculous question.

you not being there has nothing to do with it - for example, what if you left an audio recorder in the vicinity, then picked it up and listened to it the next day?

EDIT: crap, i didn't read past the first post...zelga already mentioned the recorder thing...

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Old Jun 17, 2009, 06:21 PM // 18:21   #37
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Sound is the name we give to the effect when the vibrations of the molecules in the air are interpreted by our ears (or, yes i suppose, the vibrations are picked up by some recording device). So, sound is socially constructed.

Does it make a SOUND? No
Does the air vibrate? Yes


Something is real if it is real in its consequences.
A sound has no consequence if noone hears it. The sound, therefore, is not real.

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Old Jun 17, 2009, 06:32 PM // 18:32   #38
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Does the tree even fall?
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 06:40 PM // 18:40   #39
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Does the tree even fall?
If a sheep dies in a middle of nowhere and nobody gives a shit, will it still matter?

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Sound is the name we give to the effect when the vibrations of the molecules in the air are interpreted by our ears (or, yes i suppose, the vibrations are picked up by some recording device). So, sound is socially constructed.

Does it make a SOUND? No
Does the air vibrate? Yes


Something is real if it is real in its consequences.
A sound has no consequence if noone hears it. The sound, therefore, is not real.
What if there's a small animal nearby and IT will hear the sound?

I think that's the problem - the tree makes a sound, but there's nobody to hear it. But that doesn't mean the sound is void.
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 06:46 PM // 18:46   #40
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What if there's a small animal nearby and IT will hear the sound?

I think that's the problem - the tree makes a sound, but there's nobody to hear it. But that doesn't mean the sound is void.
Well... if theres anything there to hear it, then it makes a sound, obviously. But for the purposes of the proposition, there is literally nothing with the capacity to hear within range to hear it.
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