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Yes it did, sound isn't contingent on whether or not someone is around to hear it. in response to the voice recorder answer. if you aren't there and you the tree falls there is no sound reciever, therefore no sound. by placing a recorder, leaving, and, having a tree by design or chance falling, the recorder is in fact representative to you being there, ahh- in absentia you were there therefore a noise. who heard the big bang-in a vacuum?

Dunno go ask one.

A physical entity does not need to be observed in order to exist. Existence defines itself.

There is no need to treat this like a paradox. Philosophy is about coming to terms with existence while having limited knowledge. We try to make the most out of what we know, not descend into hyperbolic ramblings.

Did things exist before there was man?

Does man know of everything that exists?

If two people heard the tree fall would it be twice as loud?

If only Chinese heard it fall would it still be sound even though Chinese don't use the word "sound"?

There's no prize for treating a simple question as an unresolvable paradox. And don't try to tell me butterflies in China has anything to do with chaos THEORY.

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