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Old 07-22-2008, 04:05 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Quick question about the sun

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Originally Posted by Vadriel View Post
All "sound" is is the system through which many of Earth's organisms interpret the vibrations emitted by particles in motion. "Hearing" is basically "reading" a phenomenon that exists in nature so that we can better understand our surroundings. Sight is no different, just a system for interpreting a different medium (energetic particles). Taste is the same thing, it reads certain chemical properties and interprets them in a way that we know as "taste." Smell is actually identical to taste (the actual sensing structures in your nose and taste buds are identical), it's just read slightly differently.

So the question: does the sun actually make sound? Well, does it contain moving particles that vibrate? Yes...yes it does. The only issue is that we're unable to detect those vibrations because unlike the light the sun produces, they are incapable of movement through a vacuum and the "signals" we "read" as "sound" never have a chance to reach our sensory organs. The signals are still there, just not here.
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