Silence

2026-03-12 by Unokay Comics

Tags: Philosophy

Leonard Flannery is trying to teach his class about transpiration in trees.

Panel 1: A girl raises her hand in a classroom and asks: Leo - If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Panel 2: The teacher is leaning against the board. He answers: That's a great question, Justine. I suppose if there was really no one there, no birds, no squirrels, no insects... Panel 3: He continues: ...and if you removed all the other trees, and plants, and rocks, and all the molecules of air, and the electro-magnetic force, and gravity - then, yes - maybe you could say that it wouldn't make a sound. Panel 4: A large tree with branches and leaves and bare roots is floating through space. It says: Om!

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