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Subject: Yes or No?
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ogdenz 15.04.18 - 11:21am
The old philosophical question..If a tree falls over in the forest and there's nobody there to hear it does it make a sound? I don't think it does. What say ye? Explain your reasoning too please. * +

ogdenz 15.04.18 - 11:23am
Sound waves,only become sound when there's an ear to hear them. * +

slick_01 15.04.18 - 11:25am
Yes it makes a sound even if there's no one to hear it. I once placed a surveillance camera in a forest for a 21 day period to observe some activities and during that time 2 trees fell and they made sounds...hope that answers your question * +

ladibud 15.04.18 - 11:35am
the tree falling only makes a sound when there are ears that can hear it... sound needs ears to exist * +

ogdenz 15.04.18 - 11:36am
The tree falling makes compression waves in the air that could be interpreted as sound once there is the required apparatus to do so. E.g. an ear and a mind. * +

dan27notts 15.04.18 - 11:38am
Of course they make a sound, the sound waves will always exist whether they reach a receptor or not. As with any other type of wave, if you fire a radio wave into space, the radio wave still exists whether it reaches a receptor or not, same as the sound wave.
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ogdenz 15.04.18 - 11:38am
As an aside it shows once again that nothing exists independently. All the ingredients must be there ..a million trees falling make no sound without an ear and a mind to interpret. * +

shadow27 15.04.18 - 11:39am
There are many ears and/or other sensory apparatus in a forest. Maybe even within the tree itself. * +

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