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Originally Posted by kennyc
I disagree, but understand that it is dependent upon the definition of 'noise'
If noise is sound and sound is the physical manifestation of sound waves in air then I believe that regardless of whether anyone/anything is there to 'hear it' that noise/sound is still there because it is for me that physical property of the universe that we describe upon detecting it as noise/sound.
The physical manifestation is there, so it exists (of course without anyone there to prove it the point is mute)
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I think I agree with WT and TGS that noise doesn't exist outside of minds.
What gives rise to the perception of noise exists externally, but noise is an internal perception. We could have evolved to interpret pressure waves in air as something other than noise.
I'm wondering if the same is true for our other senses, and can't see any reason why it isn't.
