>>5980153because first the thing exists, then you experience it
those authors who think that a tree who falls in the forest doesn't make a noise if there is nobody to hear, are complete douchebags, arrogant sofists who really think that knowledge is before existance. well, IS NOT, first come the thing, the comes the knowledge that aprehends it's form. have a little humility, please, human is not the center of the universe. period.