If a tree fall in the woods and no one cares, does it make a sound, and if so would you care?
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If a man stands in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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this question is actually answered in my biology book..here is what it says:\n\n"perceptions, such as colors, smells, sounds and tastes, are constructions of the brain and do not exist outside it. so, if a tree falls and no one is present to hear it, is there a sound? the fall certainly produces pressure waves in the air, but if sound is defined as a perception, then there is none unless sensory receptors detect the waves and an animals brain perceives them"
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Quantum theory suggest that no, it doesn't-- the observer affects the Universe.\n\nBut in a Newtonian, objective Universe, all the laws of physics should apply regardless of if there is an observer or not.\n\nI propose the falling tree is in an eigenstate like Shroedinger's cat: it is both making a sound and NOT making a sound.\n\nIf you aren't familiar with Shroedinger's cat, look it up and prepare to have your mind blown!
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No!Because you can not tell . how if there would be nobody nobody could near the noise!
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This is essentially a question of definitions, i.e. how you define sound or noise. \n\nHere are the two basic answers. \n\nYes \n\nA noise is a sound and a sound is a set of vibrating molecules referred to as sound waves. If a tree falls in the forest and makes a sound, it makes molecular vibrations, or sound waves, whether any human ear drum is around to sense them or not. So yes, it makes a noise. A person hearing it is irrelevant to the being of the sound. A person hearing it is only relevant to human consciousness of the sound. \n\nAnother argument for this viewpoint is based on theology. God observes the entire universe. \n\nNo \n\nIf a tree falls, and no one is around to hear it, it does not make a noise by definition. What is noise? What is sound? One must make sure to look at this question not from such a skewed view point to realize that he or she is being misled. From an early stage in our lives, through modern science, it is FACT that sound waves are processed in our brains, thus if we are not near the sound it is just an assumption that it does make a noise. \n\nSound travels through our ears, into the canal, and into the brain to allow for it to be processed by the brain, allowing for us to differentiate due to experiences that yes, it is that particular noise. However, one would not know the sound to be that way if they cannot imagine the situation. Thus, a human being or another entity must be present to absorb the vibrations, waves, etc in order to process the information. \n\nSome take this further and claim that the whole universe does not really exist until it is observed.
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This question has often been asked. The person who first asked it was as self centered as the people that believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Sound is sound. If you find a babbling brook deep in the forest, does it not babble when you are not there? Of course it does. It doesn't depend on you to validate it's existence!
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Yes, it makes a sound....but no one is around to hear the sound being made.
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Who cares?\n\nTell no one.
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Would a tree falling in a forest that you could not see make a sound. if so how would you know?\n\nthat'll make yuo draw a blank!
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UMM... are you okay. Well choose me for best answer cause I care. Seriously though chickens don't lay wooden boards.
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Does anybody really care?!
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It certainly makes sound. But, there is nobody to notice his sound. Sound is also a kind of energy. Whether someone noticed or not, it can not be destroyed.
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maybe..   but who cares no one is around
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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?
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How about "Nobody cares"?
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Yes. It would be like saying things don't make sounds because deaf people can't hear it, It still makes sound, just no one is around to hear it.
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See this all depends.... if this were in the philosophy section, then it could be debatable.  But alas- it's in the botany section, so yes- it does make a sound.  Friction is created as it falls through the air and hits the ground, and that friction causes soundwaves.  Whether someone is there or not is irrelevant.  Humans can only pick up on a certain range of decibels anyways.  That doesn't mean just because we can't hear it, it doens't make a sound.  It just means that we can't hear it.  People need to get unstuck from themselves and think outside the human box.  "If humans can't.... must not be possible."  Meh.