Pete Vincent nitpicked:
>
> >> Interesting.  Is this something like if a tree falls in the forest and
> >> nobody is around.....does it make a sound?
> >
> >The laws of physics suggest it does.
>
> You are missing the distinction between "oscillations in the density
> of the air, propagating through space", and the subjective experience
> such oscillations apparently stimulate somehow via their interaction
> with the mechanics of our auditory sensing organs.

A sound IS "oscillations in the density of the air......".
You are missing the distinction between a sound and its reception by a
human ear.  The sound happens with or without that reception.

Chris



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