“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
George Berkeley (1685–1753) Anglo-Irish philosopher
“If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot?”
— Chuck Palahniuk, book Survivor
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