If a tree falls but there is nobody around to here it, does it still

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   Matthew Rogersonposted 14 years ago

   make a sound?

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ..of course not!
      Sound is a descriptive word man created to describe the sensation received by the ears and sent to the brain of a receptive organism.
      Vibrations  (stimulus)would be created, but if there was not an "organism" to receive them and respond, there would be no sound (The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.)
      Qwark

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         Matthew Rogersonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I think your beginning to like proving me wrong Qwark, haha

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            qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            hey...lol...in biology it's called SOS (Stimulous, Organism, Resonse.)
            All the "vibrations" on earth wouldn't make sound if there was nothin to make sense of them.
            It'd be a very silent place... without ears.
            Qwark

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   Stevennix2001posted 14 years ago

   Does a tape recorder count as a person?  If not, then I think I can easily find that out for you.

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   Of course it makes a sound. Just because no one is there to hear it, doesn't negate the sound that it would make when it falls.

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   Home Girlposted 14 years ago

   if a tree falls and nobody is around, it gets up quietly and runs back to its old place of growing as if nothing happened.

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      2uesdayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      and because nobody was there to witness its fall it does not have to be embarrassed about it and no one has the job of shouting 'Timber.'

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   Richieb799posted 14 years ago

   Why would a perfectly healthy tree just fall? or is a rotten one, or was there an avalanche that knocked it over?

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   Twenty One Daysposted 14 years ago

   i heard a noise! So i can to see what all the noise was about (jeje).

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   damian0000posted 14 years ago

   If a man screws up and a woman isn't there to see it, can he just deny everything?
   
   If not, i am in trouble!

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   Matthew Rogersonposted 14 years ago

   In response to various questions, yes a tape recorder is a person (although controversial for many reasons!ha), I guess it has to be a rotten tree unless a random avalanche did appear and denying everything may be a good idea to get you out of trouble.. but just this one time

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   Mishaposted 14 years ago

   I remember at least three people asking the same question on these forums...

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