If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one/no animal to hear it, does it make a sound?9/19/2018
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Xeoncrates
9/20/2018 05:53:42 pm
Yes and no. On the one hand the airwaves would still vibrate when the tree hits the ground as this is basic knowledge of physics however if nothing is there to perceive the airwaves is it really “sound?” So as aforementioned there would be “sound” created but not in the way we perceive sound
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Encryption
9/21/2018 12:26:27 am
There is answer is based on how you understand what is "sound". Yes if you understand sound as something you can perceive and no if you see it in physics perspective as air molecules would still vibrate.
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lol
9/21/2018 12:21:08 am
I think that the tree falling wouldnt necessarily make a sound as there is no one there to hear it however the falling tree could make a noise as you can put a camera and come back and hear then that would be a sound other wise it would be a noise
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Violetrix
9/21/2018 12:22:03 am
Yes, when a tree falls down the airwaves around the falling tree will vibrate and would make a sound. However, if there is no one there to hear the sound then there wouldn't be any sound since sound is only made when airwaves hit the drums of our ears. Therefore, this suggests that sound does not exist unless we exist to perceive those sounds.
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HIHIHI
9/21/2018 12:22:11 am
I think this depends on the perception of sound. Of course there are physical sound and experienced sound. But if sound defined as sound waves in the air, than the tree hitting the ground would definitely make a vibration. So I think that it would make a sound because if there weren't any ears in the world, that does not mean that sound doesn't exist, that just means no one can sense it.
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:)
9/21/2018 12:22:27 am
I believe it could be both yes and no. As mentioned in the book, sound is just a vibration in the air that we can hear it because we have the sense in our ears. If no one is there to hear it, that means it's simply the air vibration that exists not an actual noise. However, we can also view the vibration itself as sound which makes the answer yes.
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.
9/21/2018 12:22:27 am
Yes, because when the tree falls air vibrations are produced making a sound. Whether it is heard or not is dependent on whether or not there are people to hear the sound.
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Anon
9/21/2018 12:23:23 am
Yes. Sound can be defined as a transfer of energy as it travels away from a source of vibration. When a tree falls, that transfer of energy is still taking place, regardless of whether or not someone is there to perceive it.
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mtran00233
9/21/2018 12:23:59 am
We need to refer back to the question: is sound only sound if the person hears it?
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something
9/21/2018 12:24:16 am
In my opinion, I believe that if a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one/no animal to hear it, this does make a sound because when tree hits the gound sounds are created due to gravity and other things that are invisible.
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:)
9/21/2018 12:24:33 am
No, it does not make a sound as there is no one around it. However, if the tree falls, it will logically make a noise, but if no one were to notice it, then to them, it would not be a sound.
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ಠ~ಠ
9/21/2018 12:24:55 am
The question in unclear in the fact that it does not specifically ask 1 question. Coming from a scientific perspective, the tree will create sound waves on impact with the forest floor so the answer would be yes. The other perspective is one when you would take into account the fact that someone will have to be there in order to "hear" the sound waves because "sound" is only the animal perception of sound waves.
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someone
9/21/2018 12:25:03 am
I think that depends on your definition of 'sound'. If no one is there to perceive it then does it classify as sound, or does it require someone to be there in order to acknowledge the movement for it to be sound. If no one was there then how could it be said to exist. From a physical view point it would be said that there is sound even if no one if there.
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beef_or_cow
9/21/2018 12:25:08 am
The question should be first clarified, by clarifying the definition and meaning of sound. Sound could be defined as two different things, the experienced sound and the physical sound. The physical sound is the vibrations of the air, due to the tree falling down, vibrating the solid objects around the air, causing the air to vibrate. Experienced sounds are when these air vibrations hit an person's ear, causing them to experience the sound.
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..........:(
9/21/2018 12:25:33 am
Yes it would make a sound, as sound is caused by vibrations that is present in the air. Even if on one is there it still makes a sound no matter what, just the fact that no one is there is hear it.
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tree
9/21/2018 12:25:41 am
As learnt from physics, the falling tree would cause vibrations in the air, causing sound to be produced. However, if nothing was not heard by anyone / any animal, this would mean that a sound was not produced as sound waves travel and let us hear it. Therefore, I would say that physical sound was produced but the people/animals were unable to experience this - no experienced sound.
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Anonymous
9/21/2018 12:25:50 am
This question will be greatly dependent on the meaning and the physical definition of sound. Sound is something we can’t physically see but physically sense it. If a tree falls in a forest and there is no one there, it wouldn’t be physically sensed but sounds waves are created which we can be sensed. Therefore just producing the sound wave can be seen as making a sound. So my conclusion is that it makes sound when tree falls even if there is no one to hear
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enaj
9/21/2018 12:26:14 am
The tree made sound because it already happened- it is an undisputed fact with or without humans witnessing. We name "cows" as a way to call an existing thing group of animals (differentiating them from other groups of animals) but nature stays as it is. For example: Gravity has always been there even long before the existence of humans and other organisms. To conclude, we should not depend on our senses to interpret or clarify whether this or that actually happened because there are so many invincible things that people can't know.
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Roger
9/21/2018 12:28:07 am
One can argue that the tree does make sound as it would create what some call "physical sound" this refers to an action or movement or change in state of energy caused by the tree(in this particular case the tree falling down) due to a loss of potential energy converted to kinetic energy which results in a chain of atoms hitting each other (in other words a frequency) and we can argue that will always happen no matter if a human exists or not.
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Bruce Lee
9/21/2018 12:30:33 am
Personally, I think no sound is made because there is no one to perceive the sound, therefore in everyone's thought the sound does not exist at all. We can not rely on our imagination to believe that a tree has fallen. You may believe a tree has fallen however, we can only use our memory to think a sound is made. For example, if something is out of our reach and senses, we can't never truly know it's out there. A table could be in the room right next to you but that is just a memory or you imagining a table there, but we do not really know if it's still there. Basically, some may say physical sound will be created as we know what a tree sounds like when it falls, but if there is no one to hear it then how do we know the sound it creates at that moment exists?
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........
9/27/2018 11:27:09 pm
Sound are vibrations that travel through a medium. Sound can be interpreted by our ears, but if there are no ears around it doesn't mean that the vibrations don't exist. We cannot prove that something we didn't hear made a sound, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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