If a tree falls in the forest...

[Chasing Starlight]

"Technically, sound does not exist. All sound is is sensory receptors in your ear that perceive vibrations in the air surrounding us that our brain perceives as sound. Therefore, sound only exists if there is indeed some organism that can take that stimulus and turn it into a thought process that recognizes it as sound.

So if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, all that happens is vibrations run through the air. No sound actually emanates."

just saying~

[Mz. Hyde]

That is true.. But the vibrations that cause us to hear sound are still there even if we are not. So technically, yes, the sound is still made..

[Chasing Starlight]

buuut, if there's no one there, there are no vibrations for us to hear

[sunny,]

of course it does!:D

random example

if a monkey climbs a tree but no ones there to see it... did it climb the tree?

yes! it clearly states in the beginning what it did. just because youre not there, doesnt mean it dodnt make a sound or happen

[Mz. Hyde]

buuut, if there's no one there, there are no vibrations for us to hear

Buuut ... The vibrations still technically exist/exsisted...
So, the sound waves thchnically existed
Therefore, it made a sound...

[Astray.]

Yes, it would still make a sound. Sound is mechanical energy and sound will be created when the tree falls. If no one is there to hear it, that does not negate the fact that the sound was created and radiates out from where the tree fell.

[Mz. Hyde]

Yes, it would still make a sound. Sound is mechanical energy and sound will be created when the tree falls. If no one is there to hear it, that does not negate the fact that the sound was created and radiates out from where the tree fell.

Pretty much sums it up really XDD

[Яɛvɛиɢɛ.]

Yes, it would still make a sound. Sound is mechanical energy and sound will be created when the tree falls. If no one is there to hear it, that does not negate the fact that the sound was created and radiates out from where the tree fell.

Pretty much sums it up really XDD

Bretahe No More- I agree XD

[Mz. Hyde]

All along I was trying to say that the tree generates sound XD How would it not?

[~Everlasting~]

Yes, it would still make a sound. The vibrations are still there, even if they never hit anyone's ear. Therefore, it still makes a sound.