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If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:40 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
Or must it do so on Earth?
PhilX
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:36 am
by Dontaskme
All trees are in space, and yes, it will make a sound when it falls, when it makes contact with a surface.
What is that surface? ...answer is the mind, aka knowledge.
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:42 pm
by Erk
A tree falling causes a vibration. A sound only occurs when something has the ability to translate the vibration into an audible result.
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:16 pm
by Dontaskme
Erk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:42 pm
A tree falling causes a vibration. A sound only occurs when something has the ability to translate the vibration into an audible result.
What is the something?
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:08 pm
by Erk
Generally speaking, fauna. Flora is affected by the vibration and wave of the tree falling but not strictly in the sense of sound.
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:45 am
by Noax
Erk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:42 pm
A tree falling causes a vibration.
Well, a tree hitting something causes vibration. In outer space, the tree has nothing to do but fall, which is why they call it free fall. Not very much bonking into things going on, but it happens now and then.
A sound only occurs when something has the ability to translate the vibration into an audible result.
Vibration
is an audible result, no translation needed. Wood is not a very efficient conductor of sound, but it gets the job done.
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:54 am
by Greylorn Ell
Space does not transmit sound waves. Air molecules, or other kinds of molecules can do so. Nevermind BS sci-fi movies.
A better question for this forum might be--
If a tree falls on a philosopher too dumb to move aside, should anyone care?
Greylorn
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:12 am
by Walker
Should you care about one who trips himself, or herself, right under a tree, because he or she wasn't wearing the proper shoes, like a hiker wearing flip-flops?
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:01 pm
by Eodnhoj7
If space falls through a tree is there really a tree?
Re: If a tree falls in space, does it really make a sound?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:33 pm
by odysseus
No sound, no tree, no space, no falling, conditional proposition to ask about it.
PhilX