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A general topic on "what started it all..."
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RE: A general topic on "what started it all..."
(July 10, 2009 at 5:00 am)Darwinian Wrote: Perhaps it's all to do with the observer. Does 'something' really exist if there is no-one to observe it?

Solipsism, here I come again Confusedhock:

If a tree falls and no one is there to hear it...does it make a sound? (as in sound waves regardless of it's heard or not?)....

Yes.

And for the same reason I say things in general can exist without any observers.

EvF
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A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Dharan - July 10, 2009 at 2:02 am
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 23, 2009 at 12:57 am
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 23, 2009 at 11:11 pm
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Edwardo Piet - July 10, 2009 at 7:24 pm
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - August 3, 2009 at 12:00 am

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