2006-09-26 07:36:31 · 13 answers · asked by Sam D 1 in Environment
If a man makes a statement, and there's no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
2006-09-26 07:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one? Not even a bird or scurrying critter?
I've seen people go at it over this question, with one person taking the physics view that sound, being air vibrations, wouldn't be affected by whether someone can receive those vibrations, and the other taking the view that a sound is something that is heard, therefore, if there is no one to hear, there is no sound.
Thus, I consider the question to be a matter of semantics: which sense of 'sound' is meant? Decide that and the question then answers itself.
2006-09-26 08:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if there is a mouse nearby to hear it? Does that count? But wait! The mouse could not hear it unless it was actually there to be heard. So it looks like the answer to your question is "yes". If the sun is shining outdoors but I don't look out the window to see it, is it still light?
2006-09-26 09:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like falling out of bed.You may not hear yourself do it because you are asleep.Do you think that any sound would be made?
Likewise when the tree needs a nap,it falls over.A sound issues forth and I think that it is "Oooff!!"" "%#!!^%$#@%^*&^^"
Next the tree would sound like this:"There I was minding my own buisiness and what happens?'
"I fall over--go boom!"
2006-09-26 07:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Den 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Customarily, a tree will leave a big fart before it falls. A polite tree will warn the other trees before it falls.
2006-09-26 07:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young Padowan, You're not the first to ask the question. In fact, the purpose of this koan is to ponder the ramifications of existence, not come to a definitive answer.
If you really want to mix it up--ponder the mystery of Schrodinger's cat
2006-09-26 07:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Sam D Sound is a reality so it does make it however it makes no noise which requires a listener.
Sam D.
2006-09-28 09:22:40 · answer #7 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If no one is there to hear it fall then no one is there to see it fall so how do you know it fell?
2006-09-26 07:45:35 · answer #8 · answered by Jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The air molecules vibrate, whether or not anyone is listening.
2006-09-26 07:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A] Yes.
B] No.
Both A and B are correct and true.
It's all relative.
2006-09-26 07:49:11 · answer #10 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋