+113 Since quantum particles do not really snap into existence until observed, a tree falling in a forest without an observer present would not make a sound. amirite?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

you're trying to apply quantum physics to non-quantum stuff.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Is not everything a sum of the quantum?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

yes, but when things get big enough it doesn't matter anymore.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It causes waves, though not interpreted as a pitch, they still move the air

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Waves of probability until observed.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I would agree that it doesn't make a sound, but not for this reason.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

If there is no observer, how would we know if the tree has actually fallen or if it's still standing?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Just because one didn't see it happen, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Tell that to Schrödinger's cat.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics." Dr. Feynman. Not how that works

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it." -Albert Einstein (while dismissing the ideas of quantum mechanics)

by Anonymous 2 years ago

He wasn't dismissing all of quantum mechanics. He was dismissing quantum indeterminacy. He also happened to be wrong. And we don't yet understand everything about quantum mechanics. Einstein was a genius but he wasn't infallible. We've learned a lot since his day.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Other trees aren't observers?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Only if they're Ents.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

So....would the existent/non existent observer make a sound? Just to clarify

by Anonymous 2 years ago