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Job interview to hopefully get back into the game after being bounced at 60 yrs old....not ready to throw in the towel yet!7
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caco_ethes wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
Will the world still exist after we die? Yup. Things happen all the time without a witness, the laws of physics do not need a set of ears or eyeballs to make it so.
But in some situations the laws of physics are all jacked up and mere observation can alter an outcome
I think observations only alter our perception of perceived outcome.....what will be, will be.3 -
caco_ethes wrote: »But in some situations the laws of physics are all jacked up and mere observation can alter an outcome
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caco_ethes wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
Will the world still exist after we die? Yup. Things happen all the time without a witness, the laws of physics do not need a set of ears or eyeballs to make it so.
But in some situations the laws of physics are all jacked up and mere observation can alter an outcome
I think observations only alter our perception of perceived outcome.....what will be, will be.
Not a believer of quantum physics i take it4 -
JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
It'll make vibrations, frequency, and pressure waves. But is it still sound before it reaches anyone's ear, or anything to bounce off of, for the brain to perceive it as sound?
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JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
It'll make vibrations, frequency, and pressure waves. But is it still sound before it reaches anyone's ear, or anything to bounce off of, for the brain to perceive it as sound?
Where there are trees, there is wildlife. The wildlife has ears too. I've always felt this question was an example of human arrogance as we often forget we aren't the sole inhabitants of the earth. I bet anything that the ants and the spiders heard that tree fall.1 -
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Ants and spiders don't have ears.2
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JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
It'll make vibrations, frequency, and pressure waves. But is it still sound before it reaches anyone's ear, or anything to bounce off of, for the brain to perceive it as sound?
Where there are trees, there is wildlife. The wildlife has ears too. I've always felt this question was an example of human arrogance as we often forget we aren't the sole inhabitants of the earth. I bet anything that the ants and the spiders heard that tree fall.
I always heard the question as “no one around to hear it” and interpreted that to mean NO ONE. But it’s another good question- can there really ever be no one?2 -
Anyone wanna listen to the entire Triumphia album by Imminent Sonic Destruction with me shortly?1
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GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Ants and spiders don't have ears.
Correct but they can still technically "hear" through the vibrations. I am certainly no entomologist so I just picked the first two things that popped in to my head. Foxes have ears. Bears have ears. They would hear the tree fall too
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caco_ethes wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
Will the world still exist after we die? Yup. Things happen all the time without a witness, the laws of physics do not need a set of ears or eyeballs to make it so.
But in some situations the laws of physics are all jacked up and mere observation can alter an outcome
I think observations only alter our perception of perceived outcome.....what will be, will be.
Not a believer of quantum physics i take it
Yes i am.....but it does not apply in situations where general laws of physics can be quantified.3 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
It'll make vibrations, frequency, and pressure waves. But is it still sound before it reaches anyone's ear, or anything to bounce off of, for the brain to perceive it as sound?
Where there are trees, there is wildlife. The wildlife has ears too. I've always felt this question was an example of human arrogance as we often forget we aren't the sole inhabitants of the earth. I bet anything that the ants and the spiders heard that tree fall.
I always heard the question as “no one around to hear it” and interpreted that to mean NO ONE. But it’s another good question- can there really ever be no one?
define no one?
You mean no human being, or no living creature? What about organisms?
Right. No one, meaning no living thing at all. But really what does that even mean.1 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »When a tree falls in the forest and no one is there around to see or hear it happen, does it make a sound when touching the ground?
It'll make vibrations, frequency, and pressure waves. But is it still sound before it reaches anyone's ear, or anything to bounce off of, for the brain to perceive it as sound?
Where there are trees, there is wildlife. The wildlife has ears too. I've always felt this question was an example of human arrogance as we often forget we aren't the sole inhabitants of the earth. I bet anything that the ants and the spiders heard that tree fall.
I always heard the question as “no one around to hear it” and interpreted that to mean NO ONE. But it’s another good question- can there really ever be no one?
define no one?
You mean no human being, or no living creature? What about organisms?
Right. No one, meaning no living thing at all. But really what does that even mean.
Not all living things have been identified by men, so how can we tell...
Well, it’s a philosophical question so we’d have to take it on faith. A hypothetical0
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