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

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No, because something exists only by being perceived! No one there -> Nothing happens.

Yes, because even without an observer the world still exists! No one there -> It still happens.

I don't know... but let me think about it some more...

There is no way to prove an answer right on this matter.

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No, because something exists only by being perceived! No one there -> Nothing happens.

67% 67 Votes

Yes, because even without an observer the world still exists! No one there -> It still happens.

10% 10 Votes

I don't know... but let me think about it some more...

14% 14 Votes

There is no way to prove an answer right on this matter.

9% 9 Votes

No, because something exists only by being perceived! No one there -> Nothing happens.

67% 67 Votes

Yes, because even without an observer the world still exists! No one there -> It still happens.

10% 10 Votes

I don't know... but let me think about it some more...

14% 14 Votes

There is no way to prove an answer right on this matter.

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yeah depression

[1 point] 4 years ago by

pinkmonkey Reply

1 Replies to pinkmonkey's answer

I was not amazed by the amount of people with this kind of deterministic and objective perspective on Reality.

I stick with "I don't know", but people can go to Wikipedia to take a superficial look on this deep Philosophical issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest

A different perspective - a little deeper even - can be found here:

http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~tholt/unobservedtreefalls.html

I couldn't say if any of the answers are wrong... but it is kind of sad that there are just a few people analysing Reality with an unusual perspective.

Bruno Accioly

www.brunoaccioly.com.br

www.designios.com.br

[1 point] 4 years ago by

baccioly Reply

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