Suztours, #14: So – if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?????
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, there is also no one there to give a rat’s hindquarters whether it made a sound or not.
Methinks that’s where Lanza’s theory goes astray. His fourth principle is that “[w]ithout consciousness, ‘matter’ dwells in an undetermined state of probability. Any universe that could have preceded consciousness only existed in a probability state.” If all conscious life were to suddenly disappear from the universe tomorrow, surely the rest of the universe would go on as before – it’s just that there’d be no one left to know the difference, much less care. Put another way, Lanza is confusing awareness with concern.
