Poll: If a Tree falls in a forest...
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I don't understand why it WOULDN'T make a sound. It generates sound waves, therefore it makes a sound.
We know that when things fall, they make a sound. So, by saying something has fallen, we can say with certainty a sound was made.
To be honest if people are going to pull this question out, stop trying to prove whether or not the tree made a sound.
PROVE THE TREE WAS EVER THERE!!!
But in my opinion IF said tree DID indeed fall over, the kinetic energy it used falling down would HAVE to be converted into SOMETHING. That SOMETHING would most likely be sound.
PROVE THE TREE WAS EVER THERE!!!
But in my opinion IF said tree DID indeed fall over, the kinetic energy it used falling down would HAVE to be converted into SOMETHING. That SOMETHING would most likely be sound.
I will answer your question with another,
If a tree falls in the woods, and theres one man around to hear it, but the tree falls on that man and kills him, does the man dying make a sound?
If a tree falls in the woods, and theres one man around to hear it, but the tree falls on that man and kills him, does the man dying make a sound?
Sound always happens. It is the vibrations moving through the air. The slowest of the 3 things you can register it's falling by. The 1st is vision, speed of light being the fastest. The 2nd being the vibrations through the ground, the atoms are closer together in solids than in gases. The 3rd being a sound wave, the atoms being further apart in a gas means the collisions are less frequent, thusly slower moving. If you're close enough it also gives you a pushing force like from a blast which will reach your body the same time as the sound.
Science and logic rules all!!!
Science and logic rules all!!!
If noone is around to hear it, it couldn't possibly matter any less whether it makes one or not.
But it does by the way. the laws of physics doesn't stop working when noone is around.
A more interesting question is this
If you're not around to hear it, am i having hot loud sex with your mother or not
But it does by the way. the laws of physics doesn't stop working when noone is around.
A more interesting question is this
If you're not around to hear it, am i having hot loud sex with your mother or not
Sound is perception so the real question is weither or not anything capable of hearing could hear it, i'm assuming nothing thatcan hear is close, so the answer is no
Scientifically it doesn't. Without something to receive the sound waves, a noise is not actually made. The waves are, but without something to gather the waves and convert them to noise (ie. ears) it is just energy, not sound.
Well, since sound is just our description for shockwaves and other such energy, I would say... of course it makes a sound!
OMG he gets it!!!! Thats exactly my logic, unfortunately there seems to be loads of people who voted yes... hmmmmCoziestPigeon said:
If no one is around to hear the tree fall, then the earth is doomed anyway, so it doesn't matter. There are always creatures in a wood, no matter how small, so if nothing can hear it, then something is most definitely wrong.
Even if the tree doesn't hit the ground it is still going to make a sound while it breaks and as it falls as the branches rattle together. It's a silly question.
Even if the tree doesn't hit the ground it is still going to make a sound while it breaks and as it falls as the branches rattle together. It's a silly question.