I have conclusive proof am not there. I nipped out and buzzed my office from the door entry system. Nobody answered.
So, let us recap. We cannot conclusively know that sound exists. What we do know is that we interpret molecules banging together at a certain oscilation as sound. So without the interpretation is there actual sound? What about sight? Light itself is invisible yet we interpret it banging off objects as sight. How can we know our interpretation is in any way accurate? We can't.
But we cannot measure our interpretation of that energy, or even compare it to anything. We cannot know what it actually may or may not be. We are trapped by our interpretation of it.
Yes we can. But how can know that our interpration of it is true and real. We only have that interpetation to rely on. Molecules banging together and getting excitable can be measured. If they bang about at a certain oscilation our brain will interpret it as sound. So, without the interpretation, is there sound? Or is it just molecules banging together?
No they evolved to interpret a molecular behaviour as sound. We cannot even know if other animals "hear" in the same way we do. We can observe that they react to it. But we cannot know how they interpret it.
I agree with Gambol on this. Poncy twats like The Ayrshire **** think there is an answer for everything. There isn't. Just deal with it.
This is the sort of ****e the Catholic church used to come out with during the Dark Ages to keep monumentally stupid people like you in line.
Corroborative evidence and the reliability of test results would inform the assumption that sound exists
That's the crux of the question. It's what the tree in the forest malarky is all about. Is there sound, or is there only the interpretation of a molecular behaviour. Or put it another way. If nothing is there to interpret the molecular behaviour can it be called sound?