I'm suggesting that sound is a perception specific to particular species' on this planet and possibly others. Our ears perceive vibrations in the air to be sound. These are just vibrations until interpreted by some kind of listening device. Sound is not an entity but a perception of vibrations in the air. So I suppose if nothing in the universe were capable of hearing, the idea of sound or noise wouldn't exist. Sure, the vibrations would be there but there would be no sound.
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COME ON FOLKS. If you don't know what a rhetorical question is but you cant resist a juicy thread, look it up in a dictionary first.
And specifically you two bickering about "if a tree falls and nobody..." etc. The point of the question is not to get an answer, or argue about the yay or nay. Much like the sound of one hand clapping - it's a koan, not a question, rhetorical or otherwise.
The man with all the answers finally decided to drop in. Thank you for your most heartfelt input on the necessity of this thread.
The whole purpose behind philosophy is to DISCUSS things. I originally made this thread as a joke and posted it in the OTF anyways, but a moderator felt it would be better off here.
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I think we all know what a Rhetorical Question is anyways....
1. Which forest is this, that has no animals to hear?
2. The egg. The chicken was born out of the egg which had the potencial to make a chicken.
3. It's the sound when the top of one hand hits the bottom of it. If you disagree, and believe it takes two, you are an idiot. That is like asking what a two sided square looks like.
rhetoric questions are not meant to be answered, while you ytaker have bravely pushed forwards the envelope of knowledge and answered all these questions, you forget that rhetorical questions are supposed to only raise more questions, not provide people with answers. If you try come up with these answers you run the risk of sounding retarded.
Yes. But whilst questions are important, preening like a puff is more so.
I have a logical brain, and I couldn't care less about the concept of the "idea" of a chicken before the egg making it real. There's an answer by Terry Pratchet for every rhetorical question , and if i can, i quote it.
The one hand clapping, I answered with an answer to the deeper question as well.
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Sep 16th, 2004 04:37 PM
and by the way it wasnt the best of examples cause questions like that will get you an answer.
Ytaker agreed with me once on October 9th, 2004
