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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it still make noise?
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∙ 12y ago
Actaully this is a trick question the real answer is how do you know nobody is there to hear it.
no it is not a trick question--- it is searching for the defionation of sound and not the reception of it
other people also say either yes or no.
yes:because when a tree falls vibrations are created and either if someone is around to hear it or not it will still make a noise.
no:because even though a tree makes vibrations if no one is around to hear it but how do we know for sure it makes a knows....
if someone were to test this it would be incredible.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoFrom the phrasing of the question the answer is Yes. Just because you do not see the tree fall does not mean that it does not make a sound. For instance if you are sitting in the forest and a tree falls behind you, you will hear it fall but not see it. Hence if the tree falls with no one watching it, it will still make a sound.
This is an old philosphers question and the basis of the idea in the film the matrix. But you could argue that its doesnt say that there is nobody IN the forest, just that they cant SEE it. Therefore a blindfolded man can hear it fall.
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∙ 13y agoYes. Sound is caused by vibrations. A falling tree will cause the same vibrations regardless of whether anyone is close enough to hear them or not.
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∙ 14y agoNO BEACUSE THE MAN IS TOO DUMB to speak through his nose!
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If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around are you still an aszhole?
yes!
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it does it still make a sound?
Yes because sound waves exist even if people aren't in the area.
Are spider monkey still around?
spider monkeys are still around. they are in the rain forest
If a tree drops down in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it does it make noise for someone to hear?
yes but you cant hear it i agree with this because the animals are still going to run away.
If a tree falls and nobody hears is does it still make a noise?
No because sound is something you hear and if no one hears it, there is no sound.
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If a democrat is speaking in a forest and nobody is around is he still wrong?
And lost.
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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it does it still make a noise?
Although this question is often restated as "If Helen Keller fell over in a forest would there be any noise?" the answer stays the same. A noise does not depend on the perception by a sentient hearer. Examining the question, there are three conditions setting the scenario:A tree falls: It is presumed that the tree falls through other trees branches and strikes the ground in a manner that makes a satisfying "Crash and Thunk!" all of which activities generate sound waves and or vibrations. This is technically a sound or colloquially a noise.in the woods: This is an ecosystem filled with receptors some definitely sentient (humans) and some of debatable levels of sentience (deer, raccoons etc.) all of which have the capacity of hearingand nobody is there to hear it: fully sentient beings, humans, are excluded but animals are not excludedand a questiondoes it still make a noiseThe answer is that, in physics, the creation of sound waves in a medium constitutes making a noise. In the smaller definition that a noise can only be present if sound is heard, the question only postulates the absence of sentient (human) receptors. The existence of hearing animals in a forest environment would be anticipated. Therefor the sound would have been heard and even under the more limited definition there would have been a noise.
Is illumination possible in the absence of an observer?
Yes. Furthermore, a tree falling in the forest makes a substantial noise, and if a man speaks with no woman present to hear him, he is still wrong.
Is the German forest that had the swastika made of trees in Berlin still around?
No they cut down the trees
Is there still sound if none is there to hear it?
Yes! A tree falling in the middle of a large forest still makes a sound, whether or not someone is there to hear it fall.
