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    JROTC Tubolino Posts: 8, Reputation: 1
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    May 14, 2008, 12:35 PM
    Tree in forest
    If a tree in a forest falls and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound??
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    May 14, 2008, 01:16 PM
    LOL

    Bt definition, to have a sound, you need a transmitter & a receiver. If there is no receiver, there is no sound...
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    May 14, 2008, 01:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Rerepete
    LOL

    Bt definition, to have a sound, you need a transmitter & a receiver. If there is no receiver, there is no sound....
    I disagree.

    Just because there is no one there to hear it, does not mean it didn't make a sound when it fell.

    I guess it would be impossible to prove either way, wouldn't it?
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    May 14, 2008, 07:04 PM
    There is most always a receiver nearby (squirrels, birds etc0. Except maybe in Chernobyl.


    The bigger question is: If a man makes a statement out in the forest, and his wife is not nearby, is he still wrong? (joking.. )
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    Jul 1, 2008, 07:57 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by progunr
    I disagree.

    Just because there is no one there to hear it, does not mean it didn't make a sound when it fell.

    I guess it would be impossible to prove either way, wouldn't it?

    Afraid the first post was correct. Sound is only a perception of the brain. A tree falls and nothing is around to hear it, it is only a compressional wave through the air.
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