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Question: Who came up with "If a tree falls down in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound!?'!?
Becasue my dad asked me a couple days ago, and he said!.
"Has someone ever asked the question 'If a tree falls down in a forest, and noone is around does it still make a sound!?'!. And I was like well yeah!. Of course!. He said "In fifth grade my teacher wanted us to come up with infinitives"!.!.!.!.or something cant quite remember what he said!.!.!.!."and i went home and thought about one and told her and she said it was a really good one!." And i said really!? He said" you dont believe me do you!." now i dont think he is lieing i just want to see what you guys think!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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No, it's an ancient Buddhist proverb that was made for people to achieve self realization!. Your dad was joking!.
Ask him this: "If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, can she still hear her ipod!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com

According to the link below here is what it says about the source of that question!.

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound!?" is a philosophical riddle that raises questions regarding observation and knowledge of reality!.

The origin of the question is unknown, but the current phrasing appears to have originated in the twentieth century!. A 1910 physics book asks: "When a tree falls in a lonely forest, and no animal is near by to hear it, does it make a sound!? Why!?"[1]

Interesting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That question was asked by one of my teachers many years ago!.
What she said was!.!.!.!. If a tree fell down in a forest and no-one was there to see it happen, would it still have made a noise!? We all argued that ' it would have made a noise because of it's size and the fact that it would have had to knock into other trees on the way down'!. My teacher still insisted that unless someone was there to see the event, it could not be taken for granted that any sound was made!.
HAPPEN is the bare infinitive!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It`s a Zen Buddhism saying!. The falling tree has nothing to do the sound!. It just fall!. The effect made during the fall bring along the sound!. If you are awaken of it,the sound is noticable if not the sound is insignficant!.The real theory is awakeness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No-One!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i dont really know but i know where i first heard it,,,it was on a Jasper Carrot TV show along with,,
if i unscrew my belly button,will my Bum fall off!
avanice dayWww@QuestionHome@Com

It's a Zen question - in the same vein as, "What is the sound of one hand clapping!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com

If a man speaks in the woods, and his wife isn't there to hear him, is he still wrong!?Www@QuestionHome@Com