With the start of Browns training camp still weeks away, and the folks at brownieman.net are doing what all Browns fans are doing – killing time and drinking heavily. So we invite you to participate in an interesting debate that was posed by one of our more educated staff writers:

If a Yinzer gets punched in the nose, but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Mark from Chicago, IL writes, “Can something exist without being perceived? The most immediate philosophical question that the riddle introduces involves the existence of the fist and its sound (striking the Yinzer’s nose) outside of human perception. If no one is around to see, hear, touch or smell the fist, how could its existence occur? I’m not sure, but I would like to test this theory out at a tailgate this season.”

Ryan from Allentown, PA writes, “Can we assume the unobserved world functions the same as the observed world? I think the real question here is whether or not an unobserved event occurs predictably, like it occurs when it is observed. For example, if I observed a terrible towel waving Yinzer getting punched in the nose, I would expect to see him stumble backwards and fall. I’m not sure I would expect the same result if I was not there to see it.”

Bob from Culbert, AL adds, “The fact that the Yinzer’s nose is known to have changed state from ‘unbroken ‘ to ‘broken’ implies that the event must be observed to ask the question at all – even if only by the supposedly deaf onlooker.”

Three very interesting perspectives – but what do you think?

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