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    KittyInCollinder

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    #102035   2008-03-28 06:01 GMT      
    ...?

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    #102036   2008-03-28 06:04 GMT      
    maybe..

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    #102037   2008-03-28 06:05 GMT      
    of course, lol. i never got that question ^^

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    #102038   2008-03-28 06:05 GMT      
    It will make a sound but no one will be there to hear it.

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    #102039   2008-03-28 06:13 GMT      
    What sort of tree?

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    #102040   2008-03-28 06:14 GMT      
    Depends on your definition of "sound". Dictionary.com defines it as
    "the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium."

    So, no. Since there is no sensation being detected by the organs of hearing, or the ears, it does not make a sound.

    However, it does produce the vibrations that make sound, so that is not to say that the tree is completely silent when it falls just because no one is around to hear it.

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    #102041   2008-03-28 06:18 GMT      
    It does make a sound and that is a fact... regardless of anyone around to hear it...

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    #102042   2008-03-28 06:24 GMT      
    if its a big tree.........yes. if not nope.

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    #102043   2008-03-28 06:26 GMT      
    No it does not make a sound.
    There is no one to hear the sound.

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    #102044   2008-03-28 06:38 GMT      
    thats kinda like saying.... if no ones in the room with me and i farted...and no one heard it

    it doesnt mean that my fart never existed

    ... *shrugs*

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    #102045   2008-03-28 06:45 GMT      
    There is no need to ask rhetorical cliched questions.

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    #102046   2008-03-28 06:54 GMT      
    Yeah... sound waves travel regardless of the presence of humans or lack thereof... So physics would say yeah OF COURSE OR COURSE OF COURSE I know this is a famous question, but this aspect of reality is not subjective, the tree will make a sound whether theres peeps there or not, maybe the question should be "a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does anyone hear it" but that would make the answer even more blatant.

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    #102047   2008-03-28 07:01 GMT      
    Every sound should have a listner to notice it

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    #102048   2008-03-28 10:44 GMT      
    Without someone or something to "hear" the sound waves they are only the potential for sound.
    Blessings!

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    #102049   2008-03-28 15:57 GMT      
    If fact the answer is NO...
    If your there to hear the tree fall it will make a sound and you could be able to identify it...
    But obviously there is nobody around to identify the sound so its not a sound at all in fact...it is a noise
    Sound is something identifiable
    Noise is unidentifiable sound
    that is the real answer to this age old question...i hope i helped
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