2006-10-16 04:00:23 · 12 answers · asked by Dean H 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. Sound is a two-way street that depends on both the sound "waves" and the receiver who picks up the waves and interprets them as sound. It does make the waves regardless of who is or isn't around, but it does not make actual "sound" unless it's perceived.
2006-10-16 04:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by voxxylady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this. Take a tree and set it up to where you can push a button and make it fall. Put it in a soundproof room so no one can hear it. Take a tape recorder and turn it on inside the room. Let it record any sounds the tree makes as it falls.
You'll find it will make a sound, even though no one could hear it.
2006-10-16 14:12:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Ettejin of Wern 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound:
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them."
2006-10-16 11:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by harlequingirl1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fact is the presence of sound,
falling of a tree will create the sound waves, that will not be heard by any one,,
so relatively, the one who doesnt hear, says the tree made no sound, the one who hears says it made sound,, but thats a laymen's answer.
science is the base fact,, and the fact is the presence of sound waves created by the falling tree,,
so on the earth,, the tree made sound while falling,
:)) dont confuse urself
2006-10-16 11:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by Friends Forever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course!
It is like: if the Chinese (or Native American) population was growing but we were not knowing about their existence, were they existing?
Further, what is the sound?
As we know, the stars, galaxies, etc., make sound. This sound we could not hear/ receive, till we made proper equipment! Were they existing before we heard them? Of course!
Were they existing for us? Oh! This is a different question, but the answer is the same! Our inability to sense does not mean it does not exist!
2006-10-16 14:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will. Just because we humans believe that the world revolves around us and nothing matters until we care/know about it, that doesn't mean we're right.
2006-10-16 11:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sound is a physical phenomena.
2006-10-16 12:20:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it will, and someone will hear it, all the little forest critters will.
2006-10-16 11:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by momcat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, easy to test - you can watch/listen with a remote camera.
(Keeping people away may be difficult)
2006-10-16 11:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by Aspphire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-10-16 11:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by cdaley79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋