2006-11-09 04:15:21 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
OK... lets say there were NO animals or anything with ears to hear anything. . .
The point I am trying to make is, would the tree make a sound if nothing can hear it? Surely a sound is only a sound when it's heard???
2006-11-09 04:22:24 · update #1
Sound is not subject to hearing.
In the kingdom of the blind would colours seize to exist?
A tree which falls down makes a sound wether we are there or not. Do you know how much explosions occur every second on the surface of the sun? Yet not hearing it doesn't mean it's not a reality.
2006-11-09 04:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by justpristine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person was killed, and no one saw it would they make a sound?
update:
my answer to a previous question which was -
I having been watching a movies called faces of death just to see how evil this world can be do you think iam?
sick , i dont get any enjoyment out watching people getting killed but i need to be able to deal with anything that could happen and to harden myself up to this cruel world
Answer -
If nobody saw those horrors, no-one would know. Some of them would have died, like they weren't here at all. A bit like - if a branch snaps and no-one hears it,,,,,etc.
It's basically the same principal to me.
update:
Would a tape recorder be the same as an ear? if so, yes.
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2006-11-09 04:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely ur talking about hearing not it making a sound. Thats like saying the tree didnt fall down cause no one saw it!
2006-11-09 04:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by lost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a volcano erupted on a remote Island inhabited by deaf people would it have made a sound? Of course ! Sound EXISTS, it does not require confirmation from a second source, such as people.Likewise light EXISTS,regardless of the fact that the blind cannot detect it.
2006-11-09 07:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all movement no matter how minute makes sound because sound is vibration weather or not you can hear it is up to the sencitivaty of your ears if i blow a dog whistle a dog goes nuts do i not go crazy cause there is no sound no i just cant hear the sound so it doesnt bother me my point is if there is movement there is sound you may not always hear it but its there
2006-11-09 04:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by llamasrocknroll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it would still make a sound regardless if there was anything or anyone there to hear it.
2006-11-09 04:23:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tree will most likely make a sound. whether we hear it or not is no issue. it will make a sound regardless lol
2006-11-09 04:51:31 · answer #7 · answered by ♥#1 Miley Cyrus Fan♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not according to some theories in Quantum physics. google "schrodinger's cat". This theory is dismissed by many, but supported by others. Basically it says that at the quantum level, an event must be observed to occur.
2006-11-09 04:26:53 · answer #8 · answered by boonietech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how many times has this question been asked on here?
of course it would make a sound, there is wildlife in a forest you know, and most wildlife do have ears.
2006-11-09 04:19:38 · answer #9 · answered by Kelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it wouldnt make a sound if noone or thing was around to hear it
2006-11-09 09:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Mello Kello 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋