2007-05-28 04:10:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The better question is...
If a tree falls the the woods and no one is around, did the tree fall in the first place? You would never know!!
2007-05-29 04:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by Lina C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...Good thing Ya'll aren't at a Buddhist monastery...I figure the teacher would be showing you some grandfatherly kindness.
The point of this is to show the difference between Objective Reality and Observed Reality. Much of what people take for reality is not part of objective reality, but is part of an internalized interpretation of our perception of reality.
If a tree fall's in the forest, and there is nothing to hear it, it doesn't make a noise.
Falling, and the vibration in the air, that the impact makes, will still happen(objective reality). When the vibrations in the air, hit an ear, it's then changed into electrical impulses, which go to part of the brain, which is then interpreted by the brain, and that interpretation is what is called sound(observed reality).
This is what Science does in it's observations, tries to keep in mind the difference between reality and the perception of reality.
2007-05-28 04:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The better question is if a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around to hear it, does anyone care? :)
But of course it would still make a sound
2007-05-29 01:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Sound is vibration, motion. Sound exists outside of perception.
EDIT: Hatir Ba Loon, totally get the Buddhist thing. I just don't agree with it. Perception is not factual. Witnesses to accident often do not report what actually happened, only what they perceive happened. If compared to a videotape of the accident, the witness' accounts can be inconsistent. Fact is reality.
So, objectively, there is no absolute answer for this question.
The tree fell.
Poor tree.
I mourn the tree. I loved the tree. I feel the loss of the tree. There will never be another tree like it. Long live the tree!
2007-05-28 18:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by mithril 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How can there be a noise if there is no one to hear it.
2007-05-29 09:01:55 · answer #5 · answered by m d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we see it later should we think it had fallen without noise?
2007-05-28 04:22:45 · answer #6 · answered by ThanksBelit 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most definitely. There are plenty of other animals out there to hear it.
2007-05-28 04:22:15 · answer #7 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, this is a silly question!
2007-05-31 16:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by Constance C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-05-28 08:46:43 · answer #9 · answered by Darla 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-05-28 04:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by itsme 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋