Clem

asks

if a tree falls in a forest, but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Indeed, did it even fall?

14 responses to this plurk

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:18PM

  jessieloi

  says

  i've never has such complicated thoughts before Hahaha.

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:19PM

  easterbaby

  says

  yes

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:21PM

  Clem

  says

  it's just a philosophical question lol, which i got from Serial Experiments Lain. very thought-provoking questions actually, and arguable

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:22PM

  Clem

  says

  what it's basically trying to say is, i guess, if everybody else don't remember you, do you even exist? actually i was reminded of this when

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:23PM

  Clem

  says

  i read suet's latest blog entry haha. xmasbaby but see, no one was around to hear the tree fall, so how did you know the tree even falls?

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:23PM

  Clem

  says

  ok i should stop for a while, my head already has a headache from earlier and i've an exam in 8 hours time. gonna sleep now sigh

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:24PM

  jessieloi

  says

  i thought so. cause i just read her blog. hahaha!

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:26PM

  easterbaby

  says

  if no one died in 911, the entire city was not there then, did it still happen?

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:27PM

  easterbaby

  says

  but like u said, it's a phil qn so there are many perspectives on which u can attack this qn

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 04:27PM

  easterbaby

  says

  but it's getting a little tired for me lol

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 10:23PM

  Clem

  says

  i'm not going to argue this since we can argue our sides till the cow comes home.. since this question is very open-ended. just as an add-on

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 10:24PM

  Clem

  says

  to my 'side', we can liken this to extra-terrestrials - why do some of us suppose that they exist even though no one has actually seen them?

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  Oct 21, 2008 - 10:25PM

  Clem

  says

  bleh i'm probably making a weak case, gonna go off soon to face my paper sigh.

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  Oct 22, 2008 - 12:51AM

  はやし★

  says

  these Qns are cool... allow my brain to think