Posted: Jul 15, 2010 3:34 am
inkaStepa wrote:My teacher posd the question "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?"
First I said "if it's in the middle of the forest something is bound to hear it fall." He said "don't get technical" so I said"well yes it would make a sound" he corrected me and said "no it wouldn't because no one is around to HEAR it." I'm still confused but didn't want to embarrass myself anymore. Wouldn't the sound of the tree falling still exist? Thanks.
Ask him if he's referring to just humans. Clearly if it's a forest, there are other animals that would be within range to hear it. And so yes, someone WOULD be around to hear it. It just may not be a human.
Now how about if he's just referring to humans? Just because there's no human around does not mean it made no sound.
