If a tree falls..... What if...

[kermit911]

Question. If a tree falls and no one... blah blah blah We all know the saying. I belive the answer is No, correct? The tree does not make a noise if there is no one there to hear it. I'm not sure where I heard that from. But if that is the case. Couldn't the same be said about us "Humans" in the fact that, I'm at work right now. That is all I can see. Does that mean the rest of the world doesn't excist? Just somthing I though of while sitting here. :-) Thanx all

Dave

[MargeB]

The device for manufacture of the 'perception' that a sound is there, is in your head, and this device can manufacture the perception whether a tree falls or not.

Human sensation exists for action not for coming to know reality per se. I think we retained this feature from the lower creatures we evolved from, like monkeys.