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swarnie

Does something exist if you can't/don't observe it?

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> If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

If you define sound as a wave of air (or any other medium) particles then yes.

If you define sound as something a person had heard then no.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Don't know, but I have always wondered if the other trees laugh at it.

I love that. I feel a sense of perspective change that I like. Reminds me to remain vigilant about my sense of play. Losing it happens slow, and yes I have and have noticed.

Little bits add up. I like this one.

( scroll right on by, as this is one of those things we might say for the benefit in saying it, not so much value otherwise)

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