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Re:John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnesse... by robin_reala on Friday April 04, 2025 @12:35AM (#43578356)
It’s playing a chord, so harmony exists by definition. It also has 600 years of continuity planned in.
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Re:John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnesse... by cwillu on Friday April 04, 2025 @01:30AM (#43578649)
And if a tree falls in a forest with no one to hear it, it makes a sound by definition.

…and yet that answer entirely misses the point that the question is about the choice of definition.

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