Posted: Jun 06, 2018 4:23 pm
by Thomas Eshuis
cgarbey wrote:If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, it DOES NOT make a sound. Sound is the interpretation of the vibration created by the fall which requires a processor or, ears.

That's a nitpicking point.
The thought experiment is about whether things still happen if there's no-one to observe it.
It's far simpler to say does it make a sound, than does it make vibration that could be translated into sound.