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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, did the tree (falling) actually make a noise?

~ Philosophy 101 ~ Ultimate questions Answers always on-the-run ~ Class is never done

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/1/2021 10:31:00 AM

"class is never done" - this is the motto of a lifelong learner. Good for you!

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 10/25/2021 11:08:00 AM

Who knows my friend - as you so rightly .say 'Class is never done' - why did the chicken cross the road - I truly love your 'Philosophy 101' You are Poetry Soup's philosopher, deep thinking analytical and sharp! Hugs and blessings Jennifer. I love your comment on my Revenge of the Ants, you would be take on a star role in my movie!

Debra L Brown

Date: 10/24/2021 8:07:00 PM

Hi Gershon, Your poems are such "Brain Twisters". If a tree falls in the Forrest does it many a sound... I would say "No". If know one is around to hear it. God, would be the only one to hear it, since He is all Knowing. Thanks! Dr. G, for the Brain exercise ~ Keep them coming! Debbie

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/24/2021 8:14:00 PM

Your generosity knows no bounds, Debra. The last time someone called me 'Dr. G., I botched the operation completely. lol. I just do my best here on Poetry Soup, and am glad that you are enjoying my efforts. Stay tuned... and thank you so much!! Moonbeams and Starlight, gw

John Lawless

Date: 10/24/2021 5:17:00 PM

...IT THERE GOING TO BE A QUIZ?? I HATE POP QUIZES.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/24/2021 8:12:00 PM

Of course there's going to be a QUIZ. I LOVE GIVING QUIZZES, esp. to folk who hate them. Then again, it's going to be a Pub Quiz, so at least there's some benefit on the side.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/24/2021 11:49:00 AM

"Class is never done" should be etched on the entrance to every school! Well said!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/24/2021 4:34:00 PM

Superb idea, Rico. You have my vote for President of the Philosophy Department (at wherever they still teach it... You'll probably have to take the helm at an Ivy League School like Princeton or something). :) gw

Heidi Sands

Date: 10/24/2021 7:08:00 AM

Great one Gershon...answers always on the run. I hope you aren't on the run :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/24/2021 8:48:00 AM

Heidi, thanks for your wishes. So far today, the only thing running today is my nose. lol. (And just a little, at that). Blessings, (Achoo), Gershon

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 10/23/2021 11:38:00 PM

A koan eh? butterfly effect ~ ripples stretching through space and time ~ seen by inner eye

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/24/2021 8:54:00 AM

I think the inner eye penetrates where my meager lines of verse failed to reach. Thanks for your generous evaluation, Seeker. Blessings, Gershon

L Milton Hankins

Date: 10/23/2021 9:01:00 PM

How very true! I always heard it "did the tree make any noise?" but I think I like your question better, my friend. Good question. Do sound waves make noise if they never reach an eardrum???? OMG, I'll lie awake thinking about this. Shame on you!!!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 10/23/2021 9:25:00 PM

Now...it seems to me that "sound" waves are actually silent until they strike the eardrum and the brain actually translates them into the sound. How's that? So, there is no noise if there is no receptor for the sound waves. Yep, I'm going crazy. However, it is likely that birds will hear it. Oh, yeah, I'm definitely losing it! Thanks, gw.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/23/2021 9:07:00 PM

Gosh, I'd hate more than most to be the cause of a sleepless night... as I'm a survivor of sever insomnia... So, I recommend counting trees in the forest. lol. Timber! :) gw P.S. And you're right about the philosophy question. I think you're not only right, the question is better, so I've just changed mine. Thanks, gw