If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
You do know there is no right or wrong answer to this question. Some people say yes some people say no. It depends on who you ask and how they define sound or noise. This is essentially a question of definitions, i.e. how you define sound or noise. Here are the two basic answers. Yes A noise is a sound and a sound is a set of vibrating molecules referred to as sound waves. If a tree falls in the forest and makes a sound, it makes molecular vibrations, or sound waves, whether any human ear drum is around to sense them or not. So yes, it makes a noise. A person hearing it is irrelevant to the being of the sound. A person hearing it is only relevant to human consciousness of the sound. Another argument for this viewpoint is based on theology. God observes the entire universe. No If a tree falls, and no one is around to hear it, it does not make a noise by definition. What is noise? What is sound? One must make sure to look at this question not from such a skewed view point to realize that
