if a tree falls in the forest can anyone here it?? tell me send me what you think!?

Question

well hello there i have a good thinking question! if a tree falls in the forest and knowones there to here it does it still make a sound?lets see how smart you are!

Answer 1

There are three things that have to happen for a sound to be produced:

1. You have to have a source to generate sound waves (the tree impacting with the floor of the forest);

2. You have to have a receiver (somebody or something to hear it)


and 3) A medium to transfer the sound waves from the producer to the receiver (the atmosphere - this is why there is not a sound in a vacuum - there is nothing to transfer the wave).

Water carries sound waves better than air does, this is why you can hear a penny drop to the bottom of a pool at 50 feet.

Answer 2

Yes it does, think of all the animals in the forest that hear it fall. Just because a human can't hear it, doesn't mean that it doesn't affect the environment around it. That would be like saying if we don't see a tree fall, does it really fall at all? Of course the tree would fall even if we didn't see it.

Answer 3

This stupid old question.
Of course it is usually asked about HEAR and NOONE.
It gets into dumb human stuff about whether the world exists if no human witnesses it. Of course, in any real forest, there are birds, squirrels, worms, etc. and falling still produces air vibrations which is what we and animals interpret as sounds.
A better question is "If I talk to myself out loud, am I nuts?"

Answer 4

This is simlar to; If a bear craps in the woods and nobody is there, does it still stink?