If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, how do we know it made a?

Question

noise? What if we left a tape recorder? Would that make a difference? What if a seismic detector picked it up a great distance away? Why are we supposed to be baffled by this question?

Answer 1

Yes,as someone said,its baffling because
its about reality;he forgot to mention,though, that quite-a-few(a lot!)
"scholars" and therefore philosophers have
denied that there is such a reality-they
refuse to believe that the very limited knowledge that we have of a noise being made,is in fact OF the recordable type(they
think far along,so far along that they conclude that there MUST be some sounds
that are made like above ,but,as these go
unrecorded then they become un-reality too.
And,as they(and we)know that forefront
science teaches that there are definately
sounds that are beyond the scope of science,then they naturally conclude that it
didnt make a noise.
An interesting parallel is the present day use and worship of some other noise/noises; i'm talking about those philosophers and teachers who accept the
doctrine that Definitions are the true recordable noises(= true knowledge).
Hopefully,you can see not only "the parellel" but also the very similar relationship that these two share.
Basically, (If a tree falls and no one is there)IT CAN STILL BE DEFINED AS "MAKING-A-NOISE";And that this DEFINITION IS THE ONLY TRUE KNOWLEDGE anyone can have,or record,
or know!

Answer 2

If you record it, and then listen to it, it's heard. If a seismic detector detected it, and you read the detector, it's heard.

People are baffled by this question because it forces them to question what is reality? Is the noise real? Is the tree real? What makes something real?

Answer 3

The tree falls down, and, although you may not be affected by it, the tree surronding it and the life that depends on those trees will be affected, and it will make a sound. So just because you didn't hear it, doesn't mean that it didn't make a sound. You can be sure of that.

Answer 4

I don't get why that question is so controversial/important. I mean, really. When trees fall right next to us, they make a sound. Obviously then trees falling anywhere would (or should) make a sound.

Answer 5

More importantly, If a man says something in a forest and there is no woman around to here him , is he still wrong?

Answer 6

This question plays with the definition of the word, "sound."

Is "sound", in this case, the sensory perception of sound waves? Then it does not make a sound.

Or is sound simply the sound waves themselves? Then it does make a sound.

Answer 7

i never got this question
why would a tree not make a sond?
i guess people ask because we really cant prove it. theres lots of things we cant prove

Answer 8

rather, as my dad would ask it:

if a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman there to hear him... is he still wrong?

Answer 9

we all choose to hear, just close your ears and the answer will be no.

Answer 10

What is differenec for u or me, we didn't die from this