If a tree falls in the middle of the forest, and no one/nothing hears it, does it make a sound?

Question

Damn, I didnt even know this was a common question, sorry.

Answer 1

If a koan-like question gets repeated fifty times per day on Yahoo! Answers, does that make it any more interesting or relevant?

Also no. Without an observer, the three only causes vibrations in the air. "Sound" is an artifact of observation by a hearing being.

Answer 2

Something else other than a human being can hear the damn tree fall.

Answer 3

No one would know, would they? How could we ask if the tree made a sound when falling if we weren't even there to see the tree fall?

Answer 4

If a man says something in the middle of the woods, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

Answer 5

of course! its gonna fall down silently is it? thats like saying if a man walks down the street kicking a can and nobody is around, doesn't the can make a noise?

Answer 6

well of course it does. i mean who cares if anyone can hear it it's the same physics as before, it hits the ground and makes a whup! sound. i mean why do we even ponder upon this?

Answer 7

Didn't you ask this question already?. Or may someone else did. Ofcourse it would make sound regardless if anyone is there to listen to it or not.

Answer 8

That depends on how you define "sound". If it depends on a person being able to hear it, then no. If it doesn't, then yes.

Answer 9

yes.
just because no one hears it doesn't mean it doesn't make a sound.
reality is not dependent on the existence of others or of other things.

Answer 10

yes it makes sound and hears it all by itself