if a tree falls down in the middle of a forest but no one heard it does it make a sound?

Question

if a tree falls down in the middle of a forest but no one heard it did it make a sound ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Like the guy says, "according to physics."

Try a thought experiment. You left a wireless microphone in the forest and rigged it to send forest sounds to a recorder in your kitchen. You go to bed. Sometime during the night, a tree falls down somewhere near the microphone.

The next morning you wake up and playback the night's tape. Will it play the sound of the tree falling?

Answer 3

Yes, it does. Sound is a mechanical disturbance, not what your brain perceives. If fifty deaf people were standing by the tree when it fell, would it make a sound? Of course. The fact that nobody perceives it does not alter that fact.

Answer 4

Yes, of course. Sound is emitted regardless of whether there is someone around to hear it. Laws of Nature are not just "discontinued"; they're called "laws" because they ALWAYS happen!

Answer 5

yes, despite what the philosophers say, it does make a sound. the laws of physics are independent of human sensation and perception (unless you are into quantum mechanics.)

Answer 6

yes. even though no one is there to hear the sound, it should produce a sound just as if a person were there to hear it, according to physics.

Answer 7

Yes it does. I`ve heard.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

ya i think it does make a sound

Answer 10

If you ask a question and no one reads it, is it still a question?