If all men got lost in the forest and called for help- Would we hear them?

Question

I've just had a row with mine.

Answer 1

you would hear the wommen calling them for theuir tea

Answer 2

I think that as women you would act like you didn't hear us at first,but being a curios species you would answer that call.Even if it is just to see what it is we had to say.Or,to see if what we had to say was good enough for you to respond.Also,and this is just my opinion,women would not leave the men lost unless they have done something to you that they should stay lost.Men are stubborn and would not call at first due to that male ego that we carry around.But would eventually because of missing everything about a woman that we so adore and could never have with those other men.Unless there gay.I would want my woman to hear my cry for help because i love her and i would want to make things right.Tell her that i miss her,love her,and even if i were not in that forest lost,i still would be lost without her.I know this question is for a woman to answer,but i felt compelled to answer.I'm sorry if i offended the person who asked the question or any of you other ladies.

Answer 3

Depends if there are any women! Because Women are telepathic - didn't you know.

If you ask a question and there is no one there to answer it, is it still a question?

But seriously folks - I've heard this one before, and It is actually paraphrasing a deep philosophical question, and it is not put like you have - incorrectly.

A comedian - I can't remember who - said:

"If a man speaks in the middle of a forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

paraphrased from philosopher Immanuel Kant's famous words:

"If a tree falls in the middle of a forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it still make a sound?

The answer is No.

Physical Explanation:
A tree hitting the ground creates a series of vibrations in the air. But this alone does not constitute Sound. Vibrations in the carrier medium are not sound. The tree has to be objectified in order for sound to be recognised. One of the six properties of sound is a receiver. If no one is in the forest to hear the falling tree, then no sound exists because there was no receiver.

Sound only exists when there is someone to receive those vibrations and therefore hears sound i.e. there is an actor / receiver to perceive the object (tree).

A really philosophical answer from Everything says:

"This question is inconsistent, because it assumes that a world which doesn't produce sounds that are not heard would have trees that fall outside of perception. Perhaps the tree is seen from a distance? In any case, the intended question is really "Does the physical universe exist outside of our perceptions?"

The world we perceive (the phenomenal world) is fully and consistently conceptualizeable in physical terms. If the nature of the universe is in fact not physical (so that the falling tree does not make a sound), this fact is epistemically inaccessible. However, the fact that the universe acts consistently enough that our theories of its operation are consistently corroborated makes them useful concepts even if they are, objectively speaking, false. They may or may not be objectively correct, but they are intersubjectively correct.

Theories which produce accurate predictions can become conceptual frameworks . If we refer to a 'sound wave' as a real thing, that is a valid concept even if there is no 'real' air to be vibrating: our concept merely refers to a different underlying numenon than we imagine. Our constructed world is consistent, and has a place for sound; so long as the universe continues to supply us with phenomena which support these constructions, sound is a valid concept.

If we wish to make the application of these constructions completely valid, we must make our claims in terms of perceptions (that way they can be tested). Well, we are assuming we don't hear the sound of the tree - and sound is transient. But it could have effects, knocking dust around in a particular way or something recognizable. This would be indirect, yes. But if we saw the wave on an oscilloscope would we have really seen any more? What about hearing the sound directly? In all three cases have perceived that something affected the environment in a way which we characterize as 'sound'. Whether the universe actually had vibrating waves or filled in the details as we looked for them, the end effect upon us is the same. We could choose to call all of these effects sound.

Essentially, we have information about what the noumenon can be, because whatever it is, is must be something which is capable of producing our perceptions. Any noumenon which could not cause our perceptions must be rejected. We are not a simulation run on a two-state Turing machine with a four-bit-long tape, because at any given moment we perceive more information than that entire system contains."

Answer 4

No, let's see if they really do know everything and find a way out.
They probably won't make a sound anyway, because they never want to admit they're lost.

See, Hebrew Hammer? That's exactly why we wouldn't even try to hear you. She didn't ask all of that. Notice the women recognized the inferred reference, and answered it simply yes or no with few words? Try that sometime.
Here's some for you, Would you cry for help? or Say nothing?

Answer 5

What borrow their talent for selective deafness? I'd hear 'em when I'd got back from a spot of shopping with his money I think. Oh, and perhaps a pleasant evening out with the girls, without any earache or stomach churning chat up lines, but just in time for them to lend a hand with the heavy chores round the place!

Answer 6

Now you know that the last thing a man would do if lost, is to call for help; they would just be wandering around still trying to know it all.

Answer 7

no way! cos men dont ever admit being lost. so they'd just end up wandering round the forest forever!

Answer 8

Personally, I'd invest in a good pair of earplugs. But that's just me.

Answer 9

About 3 seconds after you found out you'd maxed out your credit card.

(hehe...couldn't resist)

Answer 10

No, because I think all us women would be exercising a little selective deafness.

Answer 11

Yes but we would not answer right away, when we did we would give the wrong directions.