imagine that there’s some machine that completely suspends all your brain activity for five minutes, after which it continues from exactly its previous state. Are you the same person after as before?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Addressed before. TL;DR: it’s not really a question about the existence of sound, but about the definition of sound.
This is what I was referring to.