Just a quick question i have always wanted the answer to!
2007-07-04 12:22:45 · 14 answers · asked by xsacredflamesx 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes.
All the animals hear it fall... the insects feel the vibration.... and if you think plants are sentient [as I do] then they not only feel it. hear it, but grieve for it.
2007-07-04 12:28:38 · answer #1 · answered by gldnsilnc 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have always loved these types of questions. If by "no one" you mean nothing, including animals, etc., then no it doesn't based on the human concept of sound. Its demise would be a soundless passing. However, there is always something capable of hearing in close proximity to a tree. Here is another question for you: You have heard the sound of two hands clapping...what is the sound of one hand clapping?
2007-07-04 13:15:47 · answer #2 · answered by Darke Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.....the animals in the forest would be startled & more than likely run for shelter. & as it fell the branches would tear out limbs from another tree standing next to it therefore, the sound of limbs or branches being crunched could be heard probably for miles.
2007-07-04 12:44:54 · answer #3 · answered by simplesimon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of a lamp. If the energy flows throw it, but there is no bulb, does it create light?
No ears to pick up the vibrations of a sound wave is the same thing. The potential is there, but with no receiver, nothing.
Oh, and in case you are wondering, the meaning of life is 42.
2007-07-04 13:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It gives off sound waves, but sounds are made in the ear. So if there is a creature near by capable of hearing then yes a sound is produced from the soundwaves, but if not then only soundwaves are produced.
I guess it depends on your definition of sound.
2007-07-04 12:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by misterFR33ZE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it does not.
If no human ears are a there to pick up the vibration in the air, there is no sound. Further if no humans are there to repeat the story of the fact that a sound was created, the story doesn't exist, ergo no sound existed. Either way, no sound.
2007-07-04 14:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by livemoreamply 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in elementary school we used to have to sing a song about that "when a tree falls....in the forest....do we hear it...do we care?" but anyways i think that it does make a noise.
2007-07-04 13:12:20 · answer #7 · answered by OOO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It will only make a noise if there is something that can hear it. (Like an animal, a tape recorder, etc.) Otherwise it will only cause soundwaves that would soon dissipate.
2007-07-04 12:53:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
technically there would be SOMETHING to hear it or feel it fall...humans might not, but the squirrel living in the tree would feel it fall, or the tree next to it would feel the unbearable weight fall upon it..so yes. it does.
2007-07-04 12:31:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes air pressure waves, but without an awareness present to interpret them, there is no noise.
no apostrophe in falls
2007-07-04 12:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by joju 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋