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This question originated in the 1740's when a philosopher, by the name of Ottman, who came to the conclusion that it did not make any sound at all.
However, in 2001, this question was put to the ultimate test by a professor of bio-horticultury who embedded microphones in the ground then planted a silver-birch and waited for it to grow over the period of 6 years. He then chopped it down remotely and the microphone did indeed record sound levels that you would expect from a newly planted silver-birch tree falling down. Therefore disproving Ottman's theory.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt will make a sound. Nobody has to be present to prove that it will make a sound. A tree cannot split it's bark, crash onto other twigs bushes (and people) without making any sound. It is not scientifically possible.
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∙ 11y agoTrees don't tend to make sounds that are audible to the unaided ear without external stimulation of some sort (creaking or rustling perhaps, stirred by the wind, or cracking and popping sounds when ignited).
However, with the appropriate equipment, it is possible to listen to the click and pop of minute air bubbles and settling fibres within the tissues of the tree.
A falling tree may produce a lot of sound in the form of concussive waves travelling through the air and ground at frequencies perceivable to the ear, but it is possibly an argument that without an ear to actually hear them, those waveforms are never truly realised as 'sound', but 'sound' can be used to describe the range of frequencies that are normally audible, and even infra-sound and ultrasound (vibrations below and above normal human hearing ability) are still considered 'sound'.
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When a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to here it does it make a sound?
no.
Who said if a tree falls in the woods and there is nobody around to hear it does it make a sound?
You.
If there is a tree that falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound?
no because sound is thecnacly the vibrations in your ear so no ear no sound
Do people and objects really absorb sound?
yes i hav another qustion for u if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is aroun to hear it does it make a sound answer that on
If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it does it make a sound?
Yes, it makes a sound. Just because nobody is around to hear it doesn't mean it doesn't mean it won't make a sound. It will make a thump regardless of who is present.
Who said -if a tree falls in the woods and there is nobody around to hear it does it make a sound?
George Berkeley inspired it with his thought of esse est percipi (to be is to be perceived) although he never put the thought in terms of a tree falling and making a sound.
If a tree falls on a Squirrel in the middle of the woods and nobody was around to hear it does it make a sound?
yes The squirrel heard it (a little too late) unless it was deaf ,and if it were then, No. Without any animals with ears around it didn't make a sound.
If a tree falls in the woods and no sound comes out?
First of all, this is not a complete question. By using common sense, I can conclude that this is a poorly grammatized version of the popular question: ' If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it make any sound? ' But you have stated this as a statement: If a tree falls in the wood and no sound comes out ' is the stem of a question, but i don't know if there is going to be a question about time or a question about why the tree falls etc. Nevertheless, what we call sound is simply vibrations in a medium, and is only recognized as sound when it reaches our inner ear and nervous system, so if no one hears, it makes no sound. However, it does make those virations, so there is no difference in the way it falls whether there is someone there or not.
If a tree fell in the wild and no one saw it would you it make a sound?
If a tree falls but nobody is around to hear it, the tree will not make a sound. It will make sound waves, but it isn't sound unless somebody is around to transfer the waves into actual sound.
Does someone or something have to hear a sound for that something to have made a sound Example if a tree falls when no one is present to hear it does it make a sound?
No. It is an old riddle. And yes, a tree does make a sound when it falls.
What sound does a falling tree make?
Crashhhhhh!
At night in the woods we hear a horible sound what could it be?
There are myriad occurrences that could have resulted in a horrible sound at night in the woods. If the sound was low and rumbly, perhaps it is distant thunder. If it is high pitched or creaking, it may be a tree falling or getting ready to fall. If the sound was unrecognizable, it might have been a chattering raccoon.
