I remember an analogy posted somewhere in here about a cracker
and how it became not a cracker when it is crushed. Is that a
little closer?
I also know about the one where the tree falls in the wood and
there is no body to hear it so it seems there is sound but there is
no sound?
Yes the cracker is a good analogy. Not only it becomes not a
cracker when crushed... even while there is the appearance of a
cracker, there is no core of cracker to be found. If there is a
core, it should be findable, yet because there is no core, you can
split the cracker in any way you want and break it into crumbs.