If a tree falls in a forest...

[The Nova ROX]

I'm just curious. I read this in a book and I wanted to know what other people thought. If a tree falls in a forest and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound? :S

[Mira]

I picked the "WHAT?" option. :D

[Parshy]

it makes a sound,but no one can prove it

[Mini-Chan]

i think it does make a sound,

but its just that no one is there is to hear it,

since like it will go like *thump* onto the ground xD

or rustle the leaves

[.Dan.]

This is an ancient rhetorical question. Surely, if no-one is present when it falls then no-one knows if it makes a sound,but then again, logically anything that moves like that has gravitational energy, kinetic and all that, and possibly a smidgeon of sound energy.

[Mike.]

Moved to the Debates Forum

 

I won't blame you for this one, it can really go either way.

[Ellie_Penguin]

I would say yes, because of the traveling of soundwaves.

[The Nova ROX]

Cool. I wonder what would happen if a squirrel was in that tree!

[buzz]

It's just an arguement to the definition of what a sound is.

[Empress Keiko]

This question does not have an answer. No one is around to hear it, that means no one can prove it does. We all expect trees to make noises but that doesn't mean that they do always make noises.

 

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