The naive answer is 'yes' but I'd say 'no'. It certainly produces compression waves in the air. But if no living thing (capable of hearing) is there to 'hear' it, there is no sensation of sound ever produced.
Please note:
1. No polar bears or penguins!
2.There can be recording devices, but such devices merely produce a physical record of the physical effect of the compression waves striking it. No sensation of sound is 'captured' by such devices.
2007-06-03 04:47:07 · 3 answers · asked by ontheroad 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Just because there is not a witness to the event to 'hear' the sound does not mean the sound does not exist. The physical properties of the event exist regardless if there is someone or something to witness it.
2007-06-03 05:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by Shaula 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're right on. This is the philosophical position put forward by Berkeley. "Sound" as we know it, is a human (or higher animal) event, without "hearing" sound, then, sound does not exist, regardless of phenomena.
2007-06-03 12:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by supastremph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As what you had said, there is sound.
The recorder will capture sound, when played, you can hear the "sensation".
2007-06-04 00:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by high-lighter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋