[ XXXVIII | Audio ]

[lunchpenalty]

[ His communicator loves him. Really, it does. Recording him trying to make out what the hell one of the philosophy books he has means. ]

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Wouldn't it make a sound regardless of who was there to... Doesn't this book ask any worthwhile questions? Geeze...

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[kan_chyan]

You're suppose to think on the question and meditate with it. Ask other questions like "Is there sound if no one is there to hear it?" you can even go so far as to say "is it even fallen without someone there to see it?". Like the questions "What is the sound of one hand clapping" and "Who am I?".

[lunchpenalty]

[ Gdit, communicator. ]

But isn't it obvious that it would make a sound?

[kan_chyan]

Is it obvious? If you're not there to observe it, did it happen? Does it exist? Or, does it only happen when there are ears and eyes to experience it? A tree already fallen, did it fall? Or was it always like that to begin with?

You can't think scientifically for these questions.

[lunchpenalty]

So put a tape recorder in the forest and record it. If it makes a sound when someone is there, it will make a sound if no one is anywhere near it. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[kan_chyan]

You're missing the entire point. As I said, it's a meditative question. To make you think about the world around you and perceive it in different ways.

[lunchpenalty]

But if there's no definite answer, then...?

If only he could reference Schrodinger's Cat. Too bad it happend in 1935.

[kan_chyan]

That's it. You just, think on it, discuss it, meditate on it. There is no definite answer, because every answer you can think of for it, or anyone can think of for it, is valid for the purpose of it's use.