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Wilco@lemm.ee 1 day ago
If a Mars lander hits itself with a shovel and no one is around to hear it … does it make a sound?
Comment on just beat it
Wilco@lemm.ee 1 day ago
If a Mars lander hits itself with a shovel and no one is around to hear it … does it make a sound?
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It does (ok, one catch: if there’s an atmosphere), sound has physical nature. The trick is in asking whether music/art/languages exist after any sentient life is gone
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Can’t sound transfer through the casing even if it’s not vibrating air in the process?
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think I’ve got your point: that’s not whar we call sound, but yes, the showel and casing will reverberate
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
engineeringtoolbox.com/sound-speed-solids-d_713.h…
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, there is a well-known experiment: take something that produces sound, put in a glass, suck air out. Won’t hear a thing
Genius@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No, sound is a sensation. Sonic disturbances aren’t sound unless someone hears them. That’s why sonic frequencies outside the hearing range aren’t sound.
You should read Berkeley’s Three Dialogues to properly understand the meme.
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So, ultra-not-sound. Thank you, o wise one (/s, of course)