If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there, does it make a
sound? As I have said previously, my answer, according to my
understanding of Quantum Science is NO.
Now, it has been pointed out that sound is a vibration result of a mass
colliding with another mass, and that the "Not observed, doesn't
happen" hypothesis doesn't hold.
And of course, I stick by my original simplistic statement. If no one
sees the tree, or ever sees the result of that tree falling, as a
fossilized log, whatever, then, it didn't happen. Along with no sound.
Any way of prooving that the tree fell would count as evidence of
observation of the tree falling.
I consider "The Tree Falling" question as the Catch-22 of Quantum
Science.
Lurking Horror
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In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times
like
these.
-- Paul Harvey
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