Any Sound???

NO !!!

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WELL -----

you DID come here to get my "answer"

didn't you ??? ( grin )

SO -- I guess I had better get on with my "argument" about now.

ARGUMENT

"SOUND" is a "WORD" -- invented by Man -- to describe (in the English language) a "conscious recognition" of a
"semantic reaction" to a given stimulus --usually created by "vibrations" within a certain range of "wave lengths".

IF there is no "conscious recognition of that semantic reaction" ----- by "definition" there is no "sound".

Out there in the forest, the falling tree DID create "vibrations" -- through the air AND through the ground --
which may have startled creatures great and small. However, as these creatures do NOT have
"semantic reactions" -- with associative words -- they, also, heard no SOUND!!!
(remember ----- sound is merely a symbol)

In the realm of Environmental Logic it is critical to recognize

the difference between a "symbol" and "reality".

ALWAYS two quite different things -----

that need a second look??

(BIG GRIN)

NOW ----- let's get a bit "tricky".

IF you had a "live" transmitter set up at the location where the tree fell --
and you were on the other end of the line (100 ?? miles away) --
--- would that falling tree have created any "sound"???

OR --

IF the person in the forest were DEAF -- would that falling tree have created any "sound" ????

Your turn to answer !!!!! (grin)

Basic Note :

The "looking-glass" -- mentioned in the "Prologue" -- refers to this "system of reasoning" called

Environmental Logic (a.k.a. EL)

(which is a subject unto itself for those who Dare To Think).

Additional Note ----- for the "purists":

EL is a blend of the A and the Null-A logic systems -----

created (circa 1969) -- by A David -- as a "teaching-learning" tool

for use in helping children understand how beautifully simple the complex

can be --- and how beautifully complex the simple can be ----- without confusion.

IF you would like a "hint" as to how Environmental Logic works in real life -- a starting

place might be to take a long look in the Wikipedia Encyclopedia under "general semantics"

(or, you could continue on with your explorations of AHLEC's Journey and actually watch EL at work).

Now ?

test another "tool"

regarding "invisible implications"

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