The “If a tree falls in the woods” philosophical question.

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I understand that the question is, if no one is around to hear it, did it make a sound?

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Basically, the question is more “How do we define sound?” Is something a sound just by virtue of emitting vibrations in the air, or is it only a sound once there’s an ear to hear it?

It also plays into a larger question of how do we define the things in the universe we can’t observe? Can we just rely upon our reasoning about what *should* happen there? What can we assume, if anything?

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