If the Death Star annihilates a planet in deep space and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?
I know I'm supposed to do my zen philosophy homework myself, but I've spent ALL day perfecting my mind-probe technique, and you know how the time flies when you do that...
2007-05-25 14:48:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
noise implies ears to hear , no mind no matter.
2007-05-25 15:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes absolutely it does. Laws of physics -- energy can be neither created nor destroyed. However, it can change form. When two cars crash, there is a loud boom - the transfer of kinetic energy into sound. Therefore there would be a sound, and perhaps since the speed of sound travels at a certain rate, someone in the future would hear the sound. Pax - C
2007-05-25 22:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think this is a yes or no question. It's also not a Physics class, so saying "sound doesn't travel in a vacuum" is not what the instructor wants to see.
My experience with Philosophy courses is that the instructor wants to see your thought process. It's not a definitive answer that the instructor is interested in. What the instructor wants to see is how you have thought the question through, and what logical arguments you can put forward to support your position, and how clearly you can articulate your arguments and your position.
2007-05-25 21:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, why don't you make your time not doing your homework worth the while by putting your prefected mind-probe technique to work and probe us all for the answer?
2007-05-25 22:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting problem... more of physics than metaphysics.
You need air for sound to travel... so if the atmosphere was burnt off, blown off or somehow disintegrated nanoseconds before the inevitable 'kaboom' of the planet flying into pieces, then no sound would be detectable.
"In Space, no one can hear you Scream!"
Peace
2007-05-25 21:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by zingis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask Darth Vader.
2007-05-25 21:55:10 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if no one is there to hear it then whos operating the death star??
2007-05-25 22:20:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel a disturbance in the force...
Seriously though, zingis is right on this one...
2007-05-26 04:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum...
2007-05-25 21:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes.
2007-05-26 02:08:00 · answer #10 · answered by Husker41 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋