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If A Tree Falls Down In The Forest And No Ones There To Hear It Does It Make A Sound?

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If A Tree Falls Down In The Forest And No Ones There To Hear It Does It Make A Sound?

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  1. If you f**t in a room where no one else hears it, did you really f**t?


  2. Yes, just that no one is there to hear it.... maybe forest animals heard it!

  3. as long as the tree is in the Universe it will make some background noise, and if it isn't in the Universe then it is imaginary so it will only make imaginary noise if you imagine it to

  4. No, the definition of a sound requires a receiver. No ears to collect the vibrations of the fall....no sound.

  5. No

  6. Wouldn't sound waves even from a distance in which noone can hear thetree falling prove it has made a sound?!

  7. yes. for one thing, sound is not defined by whether someone hears it; for another, no one really has to be "there" to hear it. (technology is amazing, isn't it?) (but then, if it gets smashed by the falling tree...)

  8. yes. doesn't it seem obvious?

  9. No, sound is created when the sound waves reach the receptors in your ears which then transfer the signal to your brain for interpretation, creating sound.

    Are there sound waves created by the tree that falls down?... Yes

    However, if nothing is there to hear it, the interpretation of the sound wave is not appreciated.

  10. no sir

  11. go and find out... lol

  12. nothing

  13. Yes, of course. Personally, I'm with the guy above who is tired of seeing this question posted on here.

    For example, see:

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  14. Does a bear c**p in the woods?

  15. yes well this one trips me upside down

    yes it does because other tree's hear it

  16. Yes.

    If there is a forest, there must be a sufficient atmosphere of carbon dioxide in which it can live.  Sound waves are produced by movement & vibrations.  Air is a medium through which sound can travel.  If a tree falls, it is making movement in a sound-compatible medium.  Whether or not someone is there to hear it, the tree ALWAYS makes a sound if the tree and the forest exists.

    (I am so sick of this question...)

  17. yes it does, because if a deaf man shot a gun he cant hear it but it still makes a sound.

  18. of course it does. you don't have to be somewhere to know it makes sound. it's like asking if no one was in the forest did the tree really fall down

  19. Yes, because the physical consequences of the tree falling, i.e. the sound, is not dependent on there being a person there to listen.  

    Just because there is no one there to hear it, doesn't mean that the sound (the physical consequences of the tree falling) does not occur.

  20. Yep. However, in space, no one can hear you scream.

  21. I can't believe that all these people responded to such a dumb question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. yep

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