Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow do you know if a tree that fell in the forest made a sound?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareHow do you know if a tree that fell in the forest made a sound?Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIs tinnitus a sound? Is bone conduction sound? Are the signals a cochlear implant produce sound? Sound is a perception. Sound waves are what can generate that perception. But sound doesn’t always require soundwaves, so there is a difference. It’s very much a “dancing on the head of a pin” distinction, but the baseline joke also requires it.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoYes, those all are sounds. From Wikipedia: Tinnitus is a variety of sound that is heard when no corresponding external sound is present. Should have been more distinct. Sounds are just vibration, they don’t need to go through air.
Is tinnitus a sound?
Is bone conduction sound?
Are the signals a cochlear implant produce sound?
Sound is a perception. Sound waves are what can generate that perception. But sound doesn’t always require soundwaves, so there is a difference.
It’s very much a “dancing on the head of a pin” distinction, but the baseline joke also requires it.
Yes, those all are sounds.
From Wikipedia:
Should have been more distinct. Sounds are just vibration, they don’t need to go through air.