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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Attila < wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 08:40:43 -0400, niunian <niunian@ymail.com> in
> > alt.atheism with message-id <mrs95u$tf5$1@dont-email.me> wrote:
> >
> > > "If a tree fell down in the
> > >forest and no one was around, did it make a sound?" It was meant to test
> > >the student's understanding about the reality. If you answer yes, it
> > >shows you have no understanding about Buddhist philosophy. If you answer
> > >no, then you have contradicted with the law of nature. The correct
> > >answer, as I have given you, is not sure.
> >
> > If  a tree falls it creates a disturbance in the air.  That is
> > unavoidable.  A disturbance sets up waves in the air in which pressure
> > varies according to specific physical laws.  These waves are defined
> > as sound.  It doesn't matter if anyone is there to hear them or not.
> > They will be created by every such disturbance.
> >
> > In fact, if a recorder is present that recorder will make a record of
> > the sound even though no one is there to hear it.  And that record
> > will exist whether it is ever heard by anyone or not.
> 
> If no one is there to hear the sound,  it doesn't make a sound.


In other words, tape recorders don't have ears, so they cannot hear
sounds.