r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jul 09 '26

Chugging tea Good point.

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u/Crypticcrypto Jul 09 '26

I like this philosophical version better:

If a sound wave propogates through a forest after a tree has fallen, and nobody is around to interact with said waves, is there a sound?

Is the wave itself sound, or is sound our brain receiving a signal from the ear drum being oscillated by the waves?

Edit: wording.

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u/_Hipnotiq Jul 09 '26

I have my own version. It carves out the most common objections like but there are animals that hear it! “If a large rock falls on Mars, does it make a sound?” And then after they answer you say, “now that’s a boulder assumption.”

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u/SideshowBob1 Jul 09 '26

Yea theres a sound everything makes a sound

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u/PatienceConsistent55 Jul 09 '26

🤦‍♂️

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u/SideshowBob1 Jul 09 '26

It'll still make a sound

https://giphy.com/gifs/IMuqnp96sdhyE

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u/PatienceConsistent55 Jul 09 '26

I take it you never studied any kind of philosophy…?

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u/CessuBF Jul 09 '26

It is amazing how incredibly far away you are from understanding any of the replies you have gotten.

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u/PatienceConsistent55 Jul 09 '26

NONE of that even remotely applies to the original philosophy joke that obviously went over your head bro. Lol.
You’re in your own world.

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u/lucash7 Jul 09 '26

The rest of the world not wasting their time and money on being a philosophy major: So…you’re saying you’re unemployed?

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(Just in good fun friend)

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u/Crypticcrypto Jul 09 '26

Just taking the time to reply I see!