If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Question

We oculd place a camera in the wods and when one falls, we would know

Answer 1

Only if it hits a bear in the nuts.

Answer 2

the statement is an echo of mankind's ego supposing that since we are the only creatures with the ability to both hear (otherwise lots of little creatures with ears could hear the tree fall), and -reason- how sound waves travel, are captured by the inner canals and drum bounces in our ears, thus magically producing an audible noise (which we sometimes can even spell -or not- plink, screech, kathunk).

YES, if a tree falls in the woods, and no creature is around to hear it, it still makes a sound.

if you argue NO, you may be of the mindset that this (life on planet earth) is all a fantastic illusion, and... you could be right, but if so, then you did not come into creation until i thought you up.

two notes of interest:
there are animaled creatures with no ears that hear by vibrational sensories of the soundwave. they say that plants grow healthier and bud/blossom more when music is played in their midst –thus, plants “hear” soundwaves... and there are lots of those in a forest.

i once sat on a picnic bench in a circular clearing surrounded by heavily foliaged tall trees in a national forest. i saw a man playing with a dog, a couple of kids running after each other, and birds flying around, i heard no sound at all -a deafening silence- as if the trees absorbed every sound wave... could i have heard a tree fall that day? maybe not.

Answer 3

nicely, you already observed the 1st concern i replaced into going to declare: Autumn did get Schroedinger's Cat test incorrect. And for a 2nd concern: beginning the container and viewing what happens does impact the end bring about a manner, yet in step together with his test, it rather is greater precise to declare that beginning the container and seeing what happened cements one consequence into being. Schroedinger theorized that, till somebody opened the container and observed if the cat activated the poison mechanism or no longer, then the two effects have been happening concurrently, and the entire concern replaced into in a sort of 'flux'. And on the same time as a rock could be plagued by using vibrations brought about by using the tree falling, it rather is not any longer the comparable as asserting that it may actual make a 'sound'. it rather is in trouble-free terms whilst it rather is interpreted in a undeniable way that it rather is actual a sound. In a small way, it rather is like the 'international superpositioning' concept...think you are the only one that hears a ball bouncing at the back of you. That ball, in accordance to the thought, could actual be bouncing in one hundred distinctive places at as quickly as, yet once you turn and actual view it, then it rather is cemented in that one particular place. in case you do no longer come remote from quantum physics somewhat loopy, then you somewhat did no longer rather realize it. :P

Answer 4

Since most of us have either personally heard either through television or experiences in the woods the noise that a tree makes when falling we can assume that even if no one is around to hear it fall, it will in fact make a noise of some sort when it lands. Of course you know what happens when you "assume "something don't you!! So let's just continue to wonder. It's much more interesting sometimes not to have all the answers.

Answer 5

your question is a very philosophical one and really depends on ur philosophy. some people (philosophers) believe that only that is real which can be percieved while others believe that other things exiat even though they are not percieved.eg; an unpercieved table in another room would not exist for the former while it would for the latter.
according to me :there are so many things that we cannot percieve but that doesn't mean that they don't exist
so even though we can't hear a tree falling and making a sound in a far off forest ,,,,, it really does make a sound

Answer 6

Science would say yes. Sound is vibrations in the air at frequencies capable of being heard by humans, and animals. If you call your dog, he comes because the dog heard you.

The Zen of the question "If a tree falls in the woods....." poses the question if no one is around to hear it, then how do we know wither or not it made a sound. If we broaden the question, if the universe contained no sentient life that could sense the existence of the universe, would the universe still exist?

I still prefer the question, "If a tree fell in the woods and hit a mime and no one was around to observer or hear it, would anybody care?"

True wisdom is not in knowing the answers,
but in knowing which questions are important,
and in knowing which questions are best left unanswered.

Answer 7

Logically you would have to say yes, that it does make a sound. A tree falling, yeah that is gonna make a sound, but since no one is there to prove or disprove that there was a sound, we can't be positive. I suggest a sound recorder instead of a camera, or a video camera with sound, would be best.

Answer 8

It does not make a sound for the people that are not around. That's the point. If we put ourselves above everything else, including the laws of physics, and become a reference point for everything else that exists, then the fallen tree does not make any sound when we are not around to hear it. The fallen tree must exist in our image for it to make a sound.

It's a philosophical question for those who think they are God, and everything in the world is made up of their thoughts.

However, I believe that the sound of a fallen tree is there, regardless of our existence.

Answer 9

Does falling make the sound or does the tree make the sound through the echo of the mind's eye ? Silence is simply a state of non-receipt.

Answer 10

Yes - if a tree falls in the woods - it would make a sound - regardless of whose around or not around to hear!@

Answer 11

I'm sure all the animals and bugs living in and around the tree would hear it. There is always something around to hear the sounds.