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11-23-2002, 04:33 PM
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Does a tree make a sound when it falls to the ground in the forest, when there is no one(ear to hear) there to hear it?
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11-23-2002, 04:35 PM
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don't know does it?
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11-23-2002, 04:46 PM
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i do not know either
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11-23-2002, 05:02 PM
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Nothing makes a "sound". Sound is your brain's interpretation of vibrations in the air. Even if no one is around, the tree still makes those vibrations in the air when it crashes to the ground.
Germ
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11-23-2002, 05:06 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Germ
Nothing makes a "sound". Sound is your brain's interpretation of vibrations in the air. Even if no one is around, the tree still makes those vibrations in the air when it crashes to the ground.
Germ | If this is true, then sound = vibrations. The virbations would still be present, so I believe the answer is yes.
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11-23-2002, 05:10 PM
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No, it doesn't. Quote:
sound
n.
1. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
2. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
3. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
4. Such sensations considered as a group.
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11-23-2002, 05:21 PM
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Wait can I try again?
I guess it all hinges on what your definition of "sound" is.
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11-23-2002, 05:21 PM
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There is always some form of life in a forest and most living things can hear and or feel vibrations. Even totally deaf people can still feel the presence of sound.
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11-23-2002, 05:23 PM
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I say yes, I have to agree with who ever agrees with me 
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11-23-2002, 07:51 PM
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"If a man says something in a forest and there's no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?" heehee that's an old one  | |
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