If you can hear the sound of a bag of rice when it falls does it imply that a grain of rice makes a sound too,
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A grain of rice makes a sound when it falls, too. It's just that our ears are not sensitive enough to hear it.\n\nBy your reasoning, a bat or a dog whistle doesn't make a sound either just because we as human beings can't hear it, and that's simply untrue.
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It's the sound of water over ancient river pebbles.  It's the wind rushing through the willow tree, it's the tinkly sound of a child laughing.  It's the boom of thunder and the crackle of lightning, and it's capable of creating an entire universe with one word.\n\nIt's the most familiar sound you've ever heard, and it terrifies yet comforts you because it is the sound of your Holy Father speaking His words to just you.
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It is also called as "Directional Sound".\n\nYes, I've heard about it... Had even done a little study paper on it. If you need more info, send me an email.
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This question has been asked forever and been the subject of debate. I think the question is worded incorrectly. If a tree falls, it makes a sound. That's a law of nature. The question is did it really fall if no-one was around to see or hear it.
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Well, its not really "music" that make plants grow. Its the sound waves in the air that trigger the plants growth hormone. In a sense, the plant thinks its being eaten, so it "wants" to grow. Talking to it, any kind of noise is helpful in their growth!
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there could ether reason that the noise created by the pindrop is so soft that are brain does not catches it.\n                                 OR\nin science language the sound which is produced by pindrop is lesser than 20HZ.as human can hear sound produced between 20HZ to 20KHZ(kilo herdz) frequency.
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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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I've answered this question several times before (when you enter a question, Yahoo! directs you to a list of similar questions already answered).\n\nIt is a common misconception that, if a tree falls, it has to make a sound, regardless of whether or not something is around to hear it. The misconception is between the words "sound" and "vibration."\n\nWhen a tree falls, it vibrates the earth and the air around it. Sound, a sense, is how most animals interpret those vibrations at specific frequencies (Anywhere from 20-20,000Hz for humans). Unless something is around to interpret the vibrations caused by the tree's fall, it is not heard and cannot produce a "sound."
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Of course it does. Sound waves are generated, and just because there is no one to hear does not they don't exist.\n\nIf a bear poops in the woods and no one is there to smell it, does it still stink?
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YEAAAAAAAAH... *makes some kind of raccon noise*...
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yes. there's a little brass marker on the floor.  The tour guide walked several steps away and whispered something to the floor at his feet and I could hear it clearly while standing on the marker.
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If a tree falls in the woods, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a noise?\n\nIt doesn't matter.\n\nTHAT is existential reality.
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NO!  Sound waves are just vibrations until an ear receives it and sends it to a brain that processes it. If no ear receives it before the vibration dissipates then there is no sound.
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No, it's an urban myth.\n\nWe're cautioned not to throw rice at the bride and groom, because the grain will prove harmful to the birds who swoop down to eat it. The rice expands in those little birdy stomachs, causing our avian companions to explode, we're warned. Let's quit worrying about the birds. They'll be fine. Seagulls don't explode when they eat Alka-Seltzer; pigeons don't explode when they eat rice.\n\nThink about it for a second. Seagulls feed their young by regurgitating food from their stomach. How could an animal that can regurtitate entire fish be harmed by gas from baking soda?
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Yes it makes noise but No there is no way to prove that it does...can we move on now PLEASE?
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No, if you look carefully the drapes in the kitchen have ears of corn on them while the carpet does not.  This is what you wanted to know....right?
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Here is my typical answer to this question:\n\nWhen the tree falls, it does create sound waves, which is simply systematic disturbances in the surrounding air that emanates from the source in all directions. That is true regardless if anyone is there to hear it or not. The fact that somebody's brain isn't there to interpret the sound waves as a sound, doesn't change the fact that the waves exist.