Finally the answer to the falling tree in the forest conundrum - "the tree makes no noise because all the woodland creatures carefully lowered it to the ground using a system of pulleys"..... class from BB and no one else spotted Simon Pegg as the car cleaner at 5:30 and the car driver late on..
I love Bill Bailey, not literally but you know he’s so talented and clever with the comedy music. I often whistle tunes in a different key or mixed up genres. I could listen and watch him all day, but there are other things to do in ones life. The End.
Bill is a genius nutter; I required the "English Phraseology" in order to use this term. As far I know, I am delivering to Bill and Simon: I love you guys, you're amazing 😉👍
17:13 "You are Nietzsche; your entire philosophy was espoused by the Nazis and cynically manipulated to suit their own diabolical ends. Miss a go." Philosophy Monopoly; approved by the University of Woolloomooloo.
A tree does not make a sound when it falls in a forest and no one is around, for the reason that 'sound' isnt an independently existing thing. Sound is a word that describes a state of affairs, namely, the existence of vibrations in the air in proximity to a correctly functioning auditory system, whether biological or technological. Vibrations are picked up by the ear, hammered out and sent to the brain as an electric signal (no longer a vibration), where it is interpreted by the brain into 'sound'. To elaborate on the technological: a microphone and speaker, or any recording device, does the same thing - the microphone doesn't record sound, it copies the vibrations. When played through a speaker, the speaker replicates those vibrations and sends them through the air to be picked up by the ear and converted into sound. The tree in the forest example can be summarised like this: A tree falls in a forest and no one is around. As the tree falls it creates vibrations in the air. If there were an auditory system nearby it would convert the vibration into sound. But there isn't, so it doesn't.
Yes, yes when a tree falls in the forest it makes a sound, like particles transforming to waves at an interference point. But if no-one is observing it, does it make a matter?...or is it merely a symbol of our blindness to nature? Shit, had to edit, forgot the smiley face...oh crap..yeah...and the question mark.
