There's a fun Limerick by one Robert Knox inspired by one of Berkeley's arguments about what happens to objects when they are not being perceived: There was a

There's a fun Limerick by one Robert Knox inspired by one of Berkeley's arguments about what happens to objects when they are not being perceived: There was a young man who said, "God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad." REPLY Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd: I am always about in the Quad. And that's why the tree Will continue to be, Since observed by Yours faithfully, GOD. Edit: Formatting (newlines)