If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

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  • solopro
    FFR Player
    • May 2006
    • 448
    #16
    Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

    Yes, it does make a sound.

    When the tree is chopped down (or burnt down by lightning or whatever), it falls to Earth, then, on impact, there is a vibration, thus causing sound.

    Like a bomb goes off about two or three miles away from you. You hear the bomb, if nobody is there to hear it.
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      • OrganisM
        FFR Player
        • Oct 2006
        • 2644
        #17
        Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

        Originally posted by concertm
        Everyone's pretty much saying the same thing...
        Anyways, trees are getting stressed out because of us...
        You do realize that that Get Odd site is a satire and parody site, right?
        .

        Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
        "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
        because the venom gets into the blood stream which
        spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
        changing your genetic structure into a bee's.

        Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

        Originally Posted by         MrRubix[link]:
        "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

         Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
        "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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          • Verruckter
            FFR Player
            • Apr 2004
            • 2707
            #18
            Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

            Originally posted by madmatt621
            Here's your answer. YES, it does make a sound.

            Read on: http://www.getodd.com/stuf/treefall.html
            This article is bull****. There is no such thing as "UV Gas".
            Truth lies in loneliness, When hope is long gone by -Blind Guardian, The Soulforged
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              • bluguerrilla
                FFR Player
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Apr 2006
                • 3966
                #19
                Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                Originally posted by OrganisM
                You do realize that that Get Odd site is a satire and parody site, right?
                Lol, I didn't even realize. Wish I had though, it's hilarious.

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                  • OrganisM
                    FFR Player
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 2644
                    #20
                    Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                    Originally posted by Verruckter
                    This article is bull****. There is no such thing as "UV Gas".
                    ...fail. Remember, this is a SATIRE website.
                    .

                    Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
                    "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
                    because the venom gets into the blood stream which
                    spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
                    changing your genetic structure into a bee's.

                    Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

                    Originally Posted by                     MrRubix[link]:
                    "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

                     Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
                    "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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                      • Verruckter
                        FFR Player
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 2707
                        #21
                        Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                        Originally posted by OrganisM
                        ...fail. Remember, this is a SATIRE website.
                        Ah, my bad.
                        Truth lies in loneliness, When hope is long gone by -Blind Guardian, The Soulforged
                        Image removed for size violation.

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                          • OrganisM
                            FFR Player
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 2644
                            #22
                            Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                            Originally posted by Verruckter
                            Ah, my bad.
                            It happens :P

                            And, I think there's really nothing to discuss here.
                            .

                            Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
                            "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
                            because the venom gets into the blood stream which
                            spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
                            changing your genetic structure into a bee's.

                            Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

                            Originally Posted by                             MrRubix[link]:
                            "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

                             Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
                            "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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                              • devonin
                                Very Grave Indeed
                                Event Staff
                                FFR Simfile Author
                                • Apr 2004
                                • 10120
                                #23
                                Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                Originally posted by solopro
                                Yes, it does make a sound.

                                Like a bomb goes off about two or three miles away from you. You hear the bomb, if nobody is there to hear it.
                                I just had to respond to this one, even though the actual topic of discussion is pretty much moot.

                                You've just stated in your example that you were sufficiently close to the travelling sound wavesto interpret them as being sound...that means someone -was- there to hear it.

                                If you are close enough to hear it, you're close enough to hear it (yay tautology)

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                                  • sk8mastr
                                    FFR Player
                                    • Dec 2006
                                    • 224
                                    #24
                                    Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                    Just because nothing is there to hear the sound does not mean it does not make a sound...
                                    its not like someone can fall and make a sound and then another time fall and make no sound... if someone has a scenario where that occurs i would love to hear about it


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                                      • AriesMalvis
                                        FFR Player
                                        • Dec 2006
                                        • 1345
                                        #25
                                        Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                        watch family guy
                                        episode 6

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                                          • devonin
                                            Very Grave Indeed
                                            Event Staff
                                            FFR Simfile Author
                                            • Apr 2004
                                            • 10120
                                            #26
                                            Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                            Just because nothing is there to hear the sound does not mean it does not make a sound...
                                            its not like someone can fall and make a sound and then another time fall and make no sound... if someone has a scenario where that occurs i would love to hear about it
                                            Sound requires three things:

                                            1) A transmitter (something to create the vibrations/waves)
                                            2) A medium (something for the waves to travel through)
                                            3) A receiver (something to interpret the waves)
                                            In one case, there is a 1) and a 2) but no 3). In another, the identical 1) and 2), -and- a 3). You have no sound in case a, and sound in case b.

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                                              • Squeek
                                                let it snow~
                                                • Jan 2004
                                                • 14444
                                                #27
                                                Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                                It's already been said why, but it's true. Sound requires a transmitter, a medium, and a receiver to be called "sound".

                                                If you miss a step, they're just pressure waves.

                                                So, no. If nobody is around to hear it, it does not make a sound.

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                                                  • angelofthedead
                                                    FFR Player
                                                    • Aug 2006
                                                    • 373
                                                    #28
                                                    Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                                    I'll give a dollar to whoever can guess how amny times I've been asked that question.
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                                                      • Tyren
                                                        FFR Player
                                                        • May 2004
                                                        • 40
                                                        #29
                                                        Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                                        Dont you think the phrase is a bit too symbolic and metaphorical for critical thinking to be done on its literal translation? The phrase has been beaten to death on whether it fits the proper syntax of "sound" but nowhere is it really considered what they intended to prove by asking the question itself.

                                                        It explains alot of similar ideas on whether "something happens" if noone is there to prove it ever occured. Take debating for example (considering this IS a critical thinking thread)...you dont necesarilly need to be correct in your arguement, as long as you can trump your opponent in discussion.Government conspiracies are littered with this type of concept of "if theres no evidence, it didnt happen", obviously giving these conspiracies their appeal to skeptics.

                                                        The same applies for whether a tree makes a sound if it hits the ground with nothing to hear it. It may have made a sound, may not have (regardless of what that word does or does not mean) but since there isnt anyone present the answer is all together irrelevent, and all that is left is interpretation of the truth.

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                                                          • Pippin667
                                                            FFR Player
                                                            • Jul 2006
                                                            • 604
                                                            #30
                                                            Re: If A Tree Falls Does It Make A Sound?

                                                            Originally posted by seththelezzy
                                                            It does make a sound, regardless.
                                                            Logic

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