#TotD

If a tree falls in the forest

But a teenager is watching a video on his phone

Does it make a sound?

#IfATreeFallsInAForest

If a security incident happens at Parliament House, and recordings were automatically deleted, did it ever happen?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/cctv-from-day-of-higgins-alleged-rape-automatically-wiped-court-told-20230717-p5dos2.html

Regardless of the Higgins-Lehrmann incident, does anyone else think that the automated deletion of footage is bizarre?
#IfATreeFallsInAForest #AusPol #AusLaw

If a dead planet orbits a black dwarf whilst tidally locked in an utterly dark Universe, does time exist?

Is the observer necessary?

See also:

• "The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-new-science-of-clocks-prompts-questions-about-the-nature-of-time-20210831/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28412135

#Time #Entropy #Clocks #ThoughtExperiments #ArrowOfTime #ArthurEddington #IfATreeFallsInAForest #physics #philosophy