If a tree falls in a forest, and if no ones around,

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thread starter Bodysnatchers Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

does it make a sound? Lets see how educated Basil is.

HolyMythos 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

TRUTH said: "If there is nothing around to hear it, no. the tree will create sound waves but with nothing to decipher it into sound, there is no 'sound' 'made'. " This makes no sense.

ramunesin Jul 01 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It didn't make a sound, because there is no one there to perceive the sound. I.E. How do we know that the tree fell in the first place?

Maske 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ltachifire said: " He didn't say there is no one to hear it. He just says theres no one around." If you're really going to pick apart what I said, even though the two are interchangable, let me fix it. Just because no one is around it doesn't mean it doesn't make a sound. If you take a tree of equal or greater value and in the same vicinity, cut it down, and stay there it'll make a sound. So why wouldn't the other one?

sushiberry 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Definition of sound: the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. Since no one is there to hear it with their ear drum it does not make a sound.

aaronboy25 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Answer: Who cares about the tree? It was probably made into a couple tons of toilet paper anyways. ._.

HolyMythos 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

sushiberry said: "Definition of sound: the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. Since no one is there to hear it with their ear drum it does not make a sound." Eventually, unless the vibrations are absorbed into other objects around the tree, a piece of the vibration will hit a human ear, thus creating sound. The only problem is that it would be too weak to be audible. It would, however, still make a sound.

TRUTH 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

HolyMythos said: " This makes no sense." sound waves =/= the thing you hear in your brain. Sound waves are the code, the sound is what your brain interprets of that code. So you get the sound waves, but nothing is there to interpret it. It's like you shoot a beam of light at nothingness.

HolyMythos 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

TRUTH said: " sound waves =/= the thing you hear in your brain. Sound waves are the code, the sound is what your brain interprets of that code. So you get the sound waves, but nothing is there to interpret it. It's like you shoot a beam of light at nothingness." The way you worded it just seemed quirky.

Celine 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If your parents had s--, but you didn't hear it. Then...did they?

Bodysnatchers 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

HolyMythos said: " This makes no sense." In order to make sounds you need: Sender, carrier and a receiver So yeah it does makes sense The vibrations are made but it isn't a sound because no one is there to hear it.

Celine 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

HolyMythos said: " This makes no sense." Makes complete sense. Go back to school

PointlessGuy 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If a tree falls down in a forest and no one is around to hear it...do the other trees make fun of it?

Celine 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ramunesin said: "It didn't make a sound, because there is no one there to perceive the sound. I.E. How do we know that the tree fell in the first place?" Cause God struck it and we found it being "struck-ed". :D

chiptune 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if i scream but i decide not to listen, did i scream? if i kill someone but no one saw me do it, did i kill them? if i drive my car of a cliff but i say i didnt, did i drive my car off a cliff?

Ferlan 07/01/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Sound travels fairly fast. By the time it reaches the human ear, the Frequency would fall below 20 Hz. So yes it would make a sound. Human ear Frequency range 20-20000Hz