If a tree falls in the middle of a forest and no body is aroudn to hear it...?

Question:Does it make a sound?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does it make a sound?

Ugh. No, it does not make a sound.
Soundwaves are not sounds.
Sounds are heard by perceivers.
Squirrels are perceivers too.
No perceiver, no sound.

I say yes.

No one is around to hear it, but, by the law of nature, a tree falling would make a sound.

Well if a deaf man is talking and no one is listening, he makes a sound right?

I say there is no answer and there will never be one.

There is no way to know for sure but according to the laws of science it should still be as loud as it would be if someone was there to hear it.

Of course it does. Nothing will change just for you

No, it makes no SOUND because the word sound is always related to the sense of hearing which is atrributable to the "somebody/nobody"

This is the same philosophy lumberjacks have about farting as well.

yes it makes a sound to bad no one is around to hear it

The event of falling moves air molecules more rapidly. Without a sound-evoking receptor, no sound.

"The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet,
"The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis,
"Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton.