If a tree falls and nobody hears it does it actually create a sound? Why [not]?

If a tree falls and nobody hears it does it actually make a sound? Why [not]?

 

yes, because it will be screaming from the pain of chuck norris's round house kick to it's base, causing it to fall.

 

How do you know nobody heard it?

 

O yeah

i agree with McLeodGanja exacaly how would you know if it fell if you couldnt hear it?

 

the tree was around. so was the ground. two or three things interacting, at minimum here. definitely made a vibration.

 

if a tree doesn't fall and nobody's around, is it there?

 

If your in a forest and you hear a tree falling, but you didn't see it, how do you know it was the sound of a tree falling?

 

ack, now my brian hurts!

 

haha, i meant brain! brian,....lol.

 

yes it does, in that area. according to the laws of physics, it would be impossible for something that heavy, to fall and not make a sound. yes?

 

common it really is easy... yes it makes a sound.... just because there was no one there to receive the sound, and imprint upon their brain that a tree falling made a sound(its like saying if a star explodes and no one sees it didnt actually produce light and sound and gamma rays and sound and ultrasound....).... sounds are not made by the receiver,.... for that sound also interacted with all the creatures and bugs around the tree and leaves and other trees, they all quivered a little when it fell.... absolutely

 

Right--it's objective reality.Many things happen that humans are not aware of.Doesn't mean they don't happen.It's an egocentric human philosophical question.

 

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on George Bush does anyone actually care?

 

Yes I care, I'd be very sorely disappointed if it missed the scum bags head.

 

the "laws" of physics are a philosophy, based on human observation. without observation, would there be physics?

 

does anything exist when we look away? Does the tree exist if no one is there? if no one is there to observe?

 

I'm pretty sure a monkey in the tree, heard it, and was really f*cking pissed off afterwards.

 

do the monkeys exist, or are they just created by our perspective on reality?

 

ok i have one if a man talks and there are no women around is he rong?

 

I would imagine so because it fell on my neighbors roof. I saw the impact it had.