Squirrel-ché # 8

“If a squirrel falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise?”

Obviously, as a squirrelism, this question made no sense. Of course, the squirrel would hear his own fall and hence there would be a noise. Philosophers were frustrated that their thought provoking question actually provoked no thoughts and therefore they changed “squirrel” to “tree.” Because everyone knows that trees have bad ears and therefore the prior problem doesn’t apply to this question.