If a tree fell down?

[wait wtf]

if a tree fell down in the middle of the forest, and no ones there to to hear it, does it make a sound?

one of the most weirdest question i heard? What do you guys think?
I think it does since it still makes a sound even if no ones there to hear it

[X-FROGBOY-X]

Yes, because if it didn't, the squirrels and birds living inside wouldn't notice that the tree fell, and they'd go on living their lives in a fallen old tree. :D

[AA_BATTERY]

If you exclude other living creatures, no, no sound was made as sound is just vibrations without someone there to hear it.

[Count]

To get more details that it does make sound. It's like saying, if a book falls down and no one's there, does it still make a vibration with sound waves?
Of course it does.

In a scientific way, Yes
In a abstract point of view, No.

It's a "wisdom telling" thing..

[warlord_evil]

Oh so trees just randomly decide to fall down in forests now do they?

Anyways...apparently to this (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sound), sound is only produced when the brain perceives it, so no, it does not make a true sound.

[Inanimacy]

"It would make an energy wave in the frequency of a sound wave but it wouldn't be 'sound' until/unless it was processed by the brain, so it doesn't make a sound! :grr:"


-The Silenced, Bremnen

I be reppin' the Commie.

[Enlong3]

Of course it makes a sound. Unless its on mute of course.

[Arkei]

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it... did I just get away with tree murder?

[howMUCHforBOUNTY]

i dose make a sound its like saying

if an old lady dies and no one around to see it , is she really dead . well YES

lol

[Oddmania]

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As long as there's no one to hear it, then there are just vibrations. Vibrations become sounds when they are perceived.



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[Crashdance22]

Nope, because reality=perception.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Duck-Rabbit_illusion.jpg

[jwwphotos]

How do we know the tree fell down? Maybe it noticed no one around and quietly laid down for a nap? :rolleyes:

[wait wtf]

Oh so trees just randomly decide to fall down in forests now do they?


How do we know the tree fell down? Maybe it noticed no one around and quietly laid down for a nap?
That what gets me with this question, why WOULD a tree fall down at the first place?

[Oddmania]

That what gets me with this question, why WOULD a tree fall down at the first place?

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And why would someone use a toad as an avatar, eh? :p

[Foofles]

Sound (noun) Can refer to either the perception of the vibrations through an elastic medium or the vibrations themselves. so ... yeah.

Whoever came up with this was very bored and/or inebriated.

[Testudini]

RockSauron hears everything.
:kz:

[dxdydz]

That what gets me with this question, why WOULD a tree fall down at the first place?

Clearly someone's never lived by a forest. Trees fall down all the time. If trees never fell down, you'd never see any young trees! Maybe they grow old and rot away until they topple, maybe the dirt that their roots in is compromised, maybe just a gust of wind... But they certainly do fall. Every tree on its side in the forest wasn't put there by a human.

[moonwire]

String of Moon feel ground shiver. Then stop. I feel gust of wind from from far away. Butterfly in the Wind tell me Tree has Fallen down. Me sad. :(

[wait wtf]

Clearly someone's never lived by a forest. Trees fall down all the time. If trees never fell down, you'd never see any young trees! Maybe they grow old and rot away until they topple, maybe the dirt that their roots in is compromised, maybe just a gust of wind... But they certainly do fall. Every tree on its side in the forest wasn't put there by a human.

never had lived near the forest, i live in the city so

[Alex™]

They don't make a sound, they make a black hole.

/Theoretical Physics master.

[X-FROGBOY-X]

Whoever came up with this was very bored and/or inebriated.

It was someone who wanted to look as though they were wise and deep by asking one of those paradoxical-philosophical questions. ;)

It's similar to the chicken or the egg question too. :p

[JspOt]

Why do I feel like you've read a certain Encyclopedia...

[Foofles]

Question:

If a bomb survival level was published and nobody was around to play it, was it really made?

[warlord_evil]

Question:

If a bomb survival level was published and nobody was around to play it, was it really made?
They're never made...they're stolen. :kz:

[piggabling]

Question:

If a bomb survival level was published and nobody was around to play it, was it really made?

No, it was probably just copied... <_<

/sniped

And I'm siding with Foofles, the tree makes a sound.

[The-Questor]

Actually a tree does make a sound if no one heard it. The sound waves simply don't reach you.
Sorry to go all Sciency on your butts, but someone had to.

[Super_Dork_42]

all Sciency on your butts

Good name for a rock band, no?

[wait wtf]

And why would someone use a toad as an avatar, eh?
because the HYPNO TOAD KNOWS ALL!!!!.... well except for this ques-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

[Wildking123]

Well who cares if there's no one there. It still makes a sound. Doesn't it make a sound when someone IS there? So why wouldn't it make a noise if nobody was there? See what I mean?

[Outlaw-Jack]

Sound waves travel slow, so although it may not reach anyone, it still made a sound, by the law of electromagnetic waves.

[jwwphotos]

I was out in the woods once and fell down. Nobody was around, but I definitely made a sound.. Both when I hit the ground and when I started yelling and cursing from how bad it hurt.

[Inanimacy]

I was out in the woods once and fell down. Nobody was around, but I definitely made a sound.. Both when I hit the ground and when I started yelling and cursing from how bad it hurt.

But you where there to hear it, therefore you heard the waves d0000d

and trees can't talk, so they don't yell out "GOD MOTHER ******* ****** OH MY #*&%(*)$&()*$%&()$*E%"

Edit:

http://www.wallyontheweb.com/family_guy/Tree.jpg
...... this doesn't help my argument.

[jwwphotos]

But you where there to hear it, therefore you heard the waves d0000d

Exactly my point! So was the tree! lol :rolleyes:

[Jaslow]

The tree makes a sound.

It's just farting sound.

[The-Questor]

If the tree wasn't made in create mode, no one would even care if it fell down.

[moonwire]

In space there is no sound as there is nothing for vibrations to travel through, so if the tree fell down in an air-free space there would theoretically be no sound, yes?

[Ninjaferret22]

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest) likely has the answer. :boo:

[Doopz479]

Why not try this? Put something that can record sound (e.g. a camera) in the woods next to a tree that looks like it might fall down. Then come back when it has fallen down (use your psychic powers to know when that is) and if the tree hasn't crushed your camera, watch the footage. You should be able to hear the sound of the tree falling down yet no one was there to hear it. Therefore the answer is yes, it would make a sound.

I win?

[Matimoo]

No it doesn't.
I'm going to use the arguement that basically every religious person (not trying to offend) uses when their beliefs are questioned.

YOU CAN'T PROVE ME WRONG

[Dymus]

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As long as there's no one to hear it, then there are just vibrations. Vibrations become sounds when they are perceived.


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=The original reply-answer:

But how can sound exist if no one is around to hear it?

[Jaslow]

I'm just gonna leave this here.
http://www.welcometothebigworld.com/Welcome_To_The_Big_World/Recent_Comics/Entries/2010/9/15_Issue_71_files/Screen%20shot%202010-09-15%20at%206.53.34%20AM.jpg

[Skalio-]

I was a tree in a former life and whenever i fell i used to go AAAAAAAAARRGGGHHH!!!

[tomodon246]

Yeah, it would.

"GUYS!!! HELP ME UP!!! GUYS!!!! NOOO!!!!"

Trees just don't shutup.

[TheAffected]

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest) likely has the answer. :boo:

OH GOD not Metaphysics...

Metaphysics always gets me depressed for some reason.

[PPp_Killer]

If a tree feel down, it would make a noise, regardless if anybody was there or not.

[TheAffected]

okay after some intense searching i found these!!!

From theWarehouse (http://www.warehousecomic.com/index.php) web comic.

http://www.warehousecomic.com/comic/theWAREHOUSE_comic_189.jpg
http://www.warehousecomic.com/comic/theWAREHOUSE_comic_334.jpg