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Komika asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 1 decade ago

If a bear shi#s in the woods and theres no one around to smell it, does it still stink?

I have always wondered...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Essentially, the same issue as a tree falling in the woods - the answer is dependent on one's concept of reality. If objective, reality exists "out there", independent of perceiver, then unsmelled crap still stinks. If subjective, reality only exists to the extent it is perceived, then unsmelled crap does not stink.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes it does stink even though there is no one around to smell it and say that it does, because everyone knows **** stinks. We have all

    smelled it, it has been implanted into are brains to recognize

    and remember what the smell is like when you think of it.

  • 1 decade ago

    According to the Ainsworth Theorems of Fecalodoricity, yes, it does - except when some of the more radically altered toy species are involved, such as the poodle.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no, something can only stink/smell if there is a lifeform around that can smell it, otherwise its just molecules floating around without anything sensitive enough to pick up the bad odor.

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  • 1 decade ago

    yes it does the smell is a warning to other animals

  • 1 decade ago

    yes

  • 1 decade ago

    yeah, you just wouldnt be there to smell it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes..............

    Source(s): CF
  • 1 decade ago

    it depends on what he ate....

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