If nobody is around a tree that fall does it make a sound?
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YES!!!\n\nPhysically, yes it makes a sound, sound does not need someone to be present for it to exist.  If you're looking for some philosophical answer, this is not the place to ask it.
46211
Of course it does. Sound waves are generated, and just because there is no one to hear does not they don't exist.\n\nIf a bear poops in the woods and no one is there to smell it, does it still stink?
652054
if it lands on you and you scream, and nobody can hear it, are you really screaming? hell yeah you are. and that tree made a pretty loud bang too.
669771
Try searching for nature sounds.
176743
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree\nhehehehe
1089309
I've answered this question several times before (when you enter a question, Yahoo! directs you to a list of similar questions already answered).\n\nIt is a common misconception that, if a tree falls, it has to make a sound, regardless of whether or not something is around to hear it. The misconception is between the words "sound" and "vibration."\n\nWhen a tree falls, it vibrates the earth and the air around it. Sound, a sense, is how most animals interpret those vibrations at specific frequencies (Anywhere from 20-20,000Hz for humans). Unless something is around to interpret the vibrations caused by the tree's fall, it is not heard and cannot produce a "sound."
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Actually, no it doesn't. The sound you hear is actually vibrations in your ear that your brain converts to noise. So if there are no living creatures with ears and brains around to 'hear' it, it does not make a noise...just some air vibrations going all over the place.
707707
Yes, unless of course the tree thinks "if nobody is going to hear me then I will fall quietly so as not to disturb the wildlife".
61353
NO IT DOES NOT MAKE A SOUND!\n\nto have a sound you need 3 things\n\na source to produce sound waves in a medium\n\na medium for the sound waves to pass through\n\nand a reciever to detect the sound waves\n\n\ntherefor if you have noe reciever to recieve the sound waves there is no sound.\n\nand MR Um?  i'm sorry but trees do not act as a RECIEVER for sound they in this case would act merely as an attenuation ow the sound due to reflection, scattering, and absorbtion.\n\nYOU DO NOT WANT TO ARGUE WITH AN ACOUSTIC ENGINEER WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT SOUND!
1061605
Who would know?  Like, if a tree fell in a forest, and no one was there, would there be a noise?  Or, if a man said something when No woman was around, would he still be wrong?
1071523
yup you are right. The force requires matter. Like a tree in the forest falling. Sound waves are created but if no one hears it does it really exist?
534618
Yap, it makes a sound although no one can hear it unless they live nearby.
973799
well..start with describing it..colors smells.. sensations (wind ) sounds..\n\nthen just write what fall rminds you of.....\nwhere i live.. it's minus 30 celsius withou wind.. so for me my fall is over its kind of hard to imagine when the tree is up and windows are frosted right over..
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The question really boils down to weather we define "sounds" by that which is heard, or the physical vibration of air molecules (we can also define vibrations in other fluids, like water, as sounds). \n\nObviously, when a tree falls in a forest it creates a massive vibration of air molecules, but if we define a sound as only the impulses transmitted from our inner ear to our brain and the recognition of these transmissions, then we can say that the vibrations from the tree fall became inaudible before reaching anyone's ears and therefore produced no sound.\n\nWe must also consider the other species, especially animals who have ears and brains and respond to aural impulses. Surely any forest will have such creatures within earshot of the falling tree. It would be arrogantly anthropocentric to define sounds as only that which is heard by humans.
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Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top...\nWhen the wind blows the cradle will rock...\nWHen the bow breaks the cradle will fall...\nRock-a-bye baby, cradle and all...\nGoodnight!!
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Sound is actually just vibrations in atoms and molecules. Our ears are able to decipher these vibrations into sound, if the vibrations are strong and close enough. The laws of the earth are forever constant, so if a tree falls, whether someone is close enough or not, it will cause vibrations in the air and on ground nonetheless. Animals will hear it. There is no sound in space
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get riiiiiiiiiiid of your tree now i would tell u why but i dont want to scare u get riiiiiiiiiiid of it please