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Posted by K. Cannon on 09-03-2002 03:03 PM:

If a man talks in the forest, and there are no women there to hear him, is he still wrong?

Posted by Toby on 09-03-2002 04:25 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by K. Cannon
If a man talks in the forest, and there are no women there to hear him, is he still wrong?

I thought it was a given that he was.

Posted by K. Cannon on 09-03-2002 04:57 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Toby
I thought it was a given that he was.

Yep, nothing like being a "constant"

Posted by DarrinDailey on 09-03-2002 09:14 PM:

Hmmm...the opposite of speed is no relative motion...There really isn't an opposite of light (I don't remember anti-photons in physics), but enough photons brought to a standstill (relative) can create matter...m=E/c2...so you can think of mass as the stillness of light or the opposite of the speed of light.

Posted by dick-richardson on 09-04-2002 02:08 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Toby
If a tree falls on Forrest Sawyer and no one's around, does he make a sound?

"If a tree falls in the forest, and no one's around to hear it, and it falls on a mime, does anyone care?"

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Posted by Toby on 09-04-2002 11:45 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by dick-richardson
"If a tree falls in the forest, and no one's around to hear it, and it falls on a mime, does anyone care?"

That depends. Was it caught on video?

Posted by Yorick on 09-05-2002 12:52 PM:

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Originally posted by dick-richardson

"If a tree falls in the forest, and no one's around to hear it, and it falls on a mime, does anyone care?"

I assume this is a deaf mime? since the mime would need to be there and would hear it otherwise?
*proceeds to smite d-r mightily about the head and shoulders with the big logic stick*

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Posted by EricG on 09-05-2002 10:23 PM:

There is a school of thought that suggest that unless the tree, mime and forest are actually observed they don't exist... infact nothing exists unless its actively being observed..

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Posted by hesspaul on 09-05-2002 11:06 PM:

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Originally posted by EricG
There is a school of thought that suggest that unless the tree, mime and forest are actually observed they don't exist... infact nothing exists unless its actively being observed..

I'll just make pretend I didn't see that comment.

Posted by MarkEagle on 09-06-2002 12:29 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by hesspaul
pretend I didn't see that comment

Comment? What comment?

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Posted by Yorick on 09-06-2002 11:03 AM:

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Originally posted by EricG
There is a school of thought that suggest that unless the tree, mime and forest are actually observed they don't exist... infact nothing exists unless its actively being observed..

This would not be a school for the blind, then.

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Posted by NeilMcD on 09-06-2002 01:21 PM:

*can opening*.. worms anyone?

One could say that a blind person would hear:

1. The tree creaking as it begins to fall.
2. The splintering of wood at the base of the tree.
3. The mime's footsteps (unless they're doing that stupid moon-walk thing)
4. The mime, whereupon realizing there's a tree falling on him, screams a variety of 4 letter words combined with various familial and religious references.
5. The sweet sound of a falling tree crushing the mime.

What if she's deaf-blind, you say? Provided she is close enough:

1. FEEL the tree creaking as it begins to fall
2. FEEL the splintering of the wood and woodchips falling on the ground.
3. FEEL the mime walking into the path of the tree.
4. FEEL the mime's futile running footsteps as he tries to get away
5. FEEL the world's content that there's one less mime to deal with.

Posted by EricG on 09-06-2002 06:30 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Yorick

This would not be a school for the blind, then.

To NeilMcD's point, being observed isn't restricted to a visual process only.. you have many other senses other than sight.. there are also many ways to observe something using devices and the like..

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Posted by dick-richardson on 09-10-2002 06:53 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Toby
That depends. Was it caught on video?

Is this one of those Schrodinger's Cat type of questions?

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Posted by Toby on 09-10-2002 07:49 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by dick-richardson
Is this one of those Schrodinger's Cat type of questions?

Yes and/or no.

Posted by dick-richardson on 09-11-2002 07:11 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Toby
Yes and/or no.

Which is it? Let the cat out of the bag, man.

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Posted by Toby on 09-11-2002 11:49 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by dick-richardson
Which is it? Let the cat out of the bag, man.

Michio Kaku looked in the bag, and all he saw was a chair.

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