2006-12-08 18:37:36 · 15 answers · asked by native_oklahoman06 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No. The world as we perceive it is in our heads.
2006-12-08 18:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sound waves are created. Just because these waves are not received by anything doesn't negate their existence.
I'm assuming your lumberjack is deaf. I guess he never used proper hearing protection on the job.
Upon further study. Dictionary.com defines sound as: the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
The sound wave created by the falling tree is merely a vibration flowing through the air. This in itself is not sound as an organ is needed to place this vibration into context.
So there ya go. Thank you for widening my perceptions.
2006-12-08 18:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the lumberjack chops the tree down, then there is someone to hear it fall.
2006-12-08 18:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by amerysse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically yes, theoretically speaking, who knows? Besides, the lumberjack should still be close enough when it falls to hear it, right?
2006-12-08 18:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by summer_00_butterfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does, there is just no body there to hear it. If you leave a tape recorder there you can verify the sound by playing the replication of the sound later, or the video to view it. This philosophical question is misunderstood all the time. The original intent was to question de validity of perception without a perceiver. If the last being capable of hearing disappeared, would sound have any meaning? If the whole universe became blind, what meaning would beautiful sunsets have?
2006-12-08 19:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by willgvaa 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only the lumberjack will hear it, because he is there; however if the tree is crying we will no longer hear it because of our greed.
2006-12-08 18:48:31 · answer #6 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So... What happened to the lumberjack? Isn't he there to hear it?
2006-12-08 20:08:27 · answer #7 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it still makes a sound. and the lumberjack heard it.
2006-12-08 18:58:52 · answer #8 · answered by Angelica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Yes. Sound waves are created. Just because these waves are not received by anything doesn't negate their existence."
What is commonly known as "sound" requires that someone must receive the sound waves, however, scientists and engineers use a broader definition that would include waves at any frequency (even beyond human hearing capability) and regardless of whether or not they are received by anyone or anything.
Soooo...the answer is yes and no.
2006-12-08 18:43:41 · answer #9 · answered by vinny_the_hack 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The tree is life and the vibration of the lack of life of this life once alive is felt by the different bushes and life-varieties interior the wooded area. there is the vibration or the ripple effect, like a stone tossed right into a pond. each and every life lived makes an impact on the different life round it, even if you sense it, listen it, or see it right away or no longer.
2016-11-25 00:31:58 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know I'd have to ask the local squirrel. Actually I think you meant If a tree falls in the forest and no one's . . .?
2006-12-09 09:28:38 · answer #11 · answered by zzap2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋