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kickaha ([personal profile] kickaha) wrote2007-09-19 05:02 pm
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Goin' koan

If a ninja and a mime get into a fight in the forest, and there's no one around to not hear them, do they make a sound?
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[identity profile] georgmi.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
No around what?

[identity profile] kickaha.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Sneaky ninjas, stealing my words...

[identity profile] georgmi.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always been bothered by this particular poser--instead of wondering about the philosophical question, I get bogged down in the fact that the answer is TRIVIALLY OBVIOUS once you have a definition of the word "sound", and instead of arguing back and forth between "yes" and "no," all the student needs to do is ask a simple clarifying question.

[identity profile] badger.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Impact makes sound. Unless they're both deaf, *they're* there to hear the hits.

[identity profile] flinx.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
If a ninja kills a mime in the forest, is it a shame that there is no one present to applaud?

[identity profile] night-monkey.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, especially ninja impacts.

[identity profile] night-monkey.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Helen Keller shows up and kicks major ass, Kill Bill-style.

[identity profile] greenteablues.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
NON-PEDANTIC:

No, the ninja still kills the mime silently using a low-impact technique.
I'll show you sometime.

PEDANTIC:

What is the sound of Schrodinger's cat dying?
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