If a tree falls in the forest when no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
For me, my way of looking at this question is ‘yes’. Any object that falls will make a sound. In my mind I have two ways of looking at this question and why I think the tree would still would make a sound. The first is that the tree would make a sound. When a tree falls in nature, and no one is around to hear it, the sound will be “silent” in a sense because we would not hear it, but certainly it would make a sound because we know that when trees fall they make sounds. It is just that in this case, it would make no difference to us because we would not hear it. The second way to look at this is to ask "do we really know when the tree falls then?" I think that when a tree falls in the forest, somewhere there is something subtle that happens around humans. Think of the butterfly effect. Something as little as a leaf falling around us could indicate a tree falling. So even though we believe what happens in nature is a mystery, it’s not a mystery at all.
For me, my way of looking at this question is ‘yes’. Any object that falls will make a sound. In my mind I have two ways of looking at this question and why I think the tree would still would make a sound. The first is that the tree would make a sound. When a tree falls in nature, and no one is around to hear it, the sound will be “silent” in a sense because we would not hear it, but certainly it would make a sound because we know that when trees fall they make sounds. It is just that in this case, it would make no difference to us because we would not hear it. The second way to look at this is to ask "do we really know when the tree falls then?" I think that when a tree falls in the forest, somewhere there is something subtle that happens around humans. Think of the butterfly effect. Something as little as a leaf falling around us could indicate a tree falling. So even though we believe what happens in nature is a mystery, it’s not a mystery at all.
The original question is paradoxical. Sound is something internally produced in creatures as they perceive vibrations at certain frequencies. Without anything there to receive the sound waves (or vibrations), the actual sound itself cannot exist (although the waves might still be emitted). An extension of this question is, does the world exist even when no one is there to observe/perceive it? This is a pretty good question, even though the answer seems most obvious (that being "yes")...However, there are mysteries of nature that still question the obvious answer.
ReplyDeleteIn the quantum world, the act of observation alone actually affects the behavior of quanta, a finding that is remarkably counter-intuitive. If you don't believe me, look it up! If anything, just remember there are still plenty of mysteries in nature. (Another example is quantum entanglement...)
God hears it.
ReplyDeleteLol. God. Oh.. Just don't.
DeleteYou are going to burn for mocking God.
DeleteI don't think God cares about those trivialities. Neither should you.
ReplyDeleteGod cares about everything, including you. After all, he is God.
DeleteIf God exists, he's an asshole. Look at all the pain in the world. Your God doesn't care about anything.
DeleteSoon, you will learn how much God cares, as the rapture is right around the corner and this world will pass away, to be replaced by a new world led by Jesus. Unfortunately you will be consumed in the flames. I will watch you and other burn from the clouds with Jesus as he prepares to confront the anti Christ and to destroy this world.
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DeleteAll that rapture shit is the biggest waste of wishful thinking and immoral judgments I have ever heard and not only from the wank above. Give one piece of credible evidence that anything like that would ever happen, and I'll reconsider my beliefs. Until then shove the rapture shit back up your asses.
ReplyDeleteSo angry! So full of hate. Jesus loves even YOU.
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