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

Question

To me, the answer has always been unequivocally "yes". I mean, it's physics. Things that fall in a medium like air cause vibrations, etc. etc., and make a sound whether or not someone hears them or not! Why do people possibly think that the answer to this question is "no"? Like "man is the measure of all things" and "there's nothing right or wrong but thinking makes it so" (Shakespeare) are similar observations. Aren't there absolutes? Some would say that such an understanding is sort of primitive--perhaps I am so. But a clear understanding of physics, chemistry and other such sciences built the space shuttle and took us to the moon--and that _is_ rocket science. So why aren't there "real" truths that exist independently of whether or not humanity is around to experience them?

Answer 1

I agree with you, it's a lame question. If it makes a noise when we are around it will make a noise when we aren't. What so the trees suddenly make a conscious decision to silence a fall. Not hardly.

Answer 2

Yes for sure!!! Because the world is not only for humans, there is other creatures like flies and animals and bugs and birds, etc....!.

Good luck.

Answer 3

yes..the sound is there, whether we hear it or not. If a tree falls and a deaf person is there, does it make a sound? Sure it does.

Answer 4

It makes a sound and even echoes. With this, we don't really need to experience it to believe.

Answer 5

yes! you may not be there to hear it personally, but it still makes a sound. there are other creatures that will

Answer 6

Yes you could hear it if you were there

Answer 7

Sure does.

Answer 8

NEXT!

Answer 9

maybe