The answer?

So, i thought i should give a response to the tree question. I know, it was random, but i was trying to get you guys to talk... as well as help me answer this great question.


My physics teacher asked this in class the other day, and left me thinking about it.


"If a tree falls in the woods, and nothing hears it, does it make a sound?"


She answered yesterday.


"No. Sound is defined as waves hitting a reciever. If there's no reciever, then there's no sound."


Ah, very concise and scientific. But as an amatuer philosopher, i cannot be satisfied. There were some good responses from y'all. To state a few:


"Because we define sound as vibrations caused my movement and transfered through a medium, often air, but can be anything. Sound is not defined by what a person hears, because there are many sounds we can't hear." (Jonny)


"I think it makes a sound... some squirrel heard it..." (Josh)


"put a tape recorder in the woods, and ultimately you will hear a tree or a branch falling and making a noise." (Gian)


"Hook an electric thinger up to it & it'll detect the waves hitting it, it recieves it, is modified by it..." (Mark....whilst probably making big hand motions...)

But my thoughts? What if a deaf person is there? I mean, waves hitting the reciever... but not processed into the brain?

Oh, but Chris had it right... basically... who cares...what importance is there to this?

Guess the point is this. Science doesn't think of everything.


And discussion is important. (hence my letting y'all discuss before i posted...)


Also, i apparently need something more interesting to blog about.