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Yes, it makes a sound, that being a disturbance in the fluidic medium, air. When the tree falls it causes a disturbance in the air pressure field in the woods and that pressure field emanates away from the fallen tree.

The physics of this phenomenon are quite well understood, and very independent of any soul being there to hear the shrubmulching.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Mar 02, If A Tree Falls In The Woods Does It Make A Sound?Subscribe To Life's Biggest Questions: shrubmulching.bar’s perhaps one of the best known philosophica. Jan 22, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” If you've ever heard this famous question, originally posed by philosopher George Berkeley, then you've actually already been introduced to the subjectivism vs.

objectivism debate, perhaps without realizing shrubmulching.barted Reading Time: 4 mins. Feb 22, If no one immediately heard the noise, then there was no noise. This seems like it would be untrue, considering the tree fell and physically produced waves that could be received by a person as sound.

But with no one there to immediately hear the noise, technically there was no sound because there was no reception. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound? Jehookah Jarmon, Gorvenstof, Ukraine It makes the sounds of branches snapping and the almighty thump when the trunk. Oct 22, So, if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound? In fact, sound is different frequencies of vibrations, but unless someone is in the forest to hear it, those vibrations cannot be converted into sound.

Sound is our brain’s unique ability to. Jun 25, For most people the answer to the question is simple, a tree will always make a sound when it falls, their reasoning behind this is the tree makes a sound when someone is around to hear it so why will it not make a sound when no one is around to hear it.

The senses have always played tricks on the human race.