by qwerty on July 21st, 2009

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If silence is the absence of all sound, why can you hear it?

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by SaulofNazareth on August 4th, 2009
You can't 'hear' anything, hence; silence. You are confusing the meaning of words.
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- you ear still works when it is silent, so you hear it
  
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- That's listening, but you still hear nothing. You are making the words meaningless.
  
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by cmfd723 on August 14th, 2009
you aren't hearing anything you're brain is just processing the absence of sound and recognize it as the human defined word silence
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by MeMe on July 21st, 2009
Because silence is white like God himself....you close your eyes, become quit within and you can hear silence and the best of the world in your ear.
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by nothingisreal on July 21st, 2009
Because Its All In Your Head.....
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by Brahmanyan on August 16th, 2009
Real Silence is a state of thoughtless mind, it has no sound.
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