SO, if a tree fell in the woods...

[Tarantism]

I have been thinking about this: do sound waves only exist cause we have the senses to hear? to use the tree example, if a tree fell in the woods with nobody there to hear it, would it make a sound? after all, i dont think that rocks and sticks can hear. hypotheticly, lets say that there are other animals around either.

also, can our sense of hearing sometimes miss things, such as when someone turns to you and says "did you ehar that" and you didnt, could they have? could your brian just have missed it?

please, enlighten me.

[rockytriton]

sound waves are real, they don't require people around for them to exist. There are many things that happen in nature as a result of sound and people being there are not required.

[cwes99_03]

If a blind man is out in the sun. Does the light actually touch him? Ummm. Duh.

[Tarantism]

oOo sarcasm stings.

[cwes99_03]

buzz buzz baby

[Boerseun]

Soooo... if a tree fell in the middle of a forest, and killed a mime, would anybody care?

[Turtle]

A mime with a mullet speaks volumes. - Roger Thelonious George

[goku]

Originally Posted by cwes99_03

If a blind man is out in the sun. Does the light actually touch him? Ummm. Duh.

can you touch light?

[goku]

Originally Posted by Boerseun

Soooo... if a tree fell in the middle of a forest, and killed a mime, would anybody care?

a mime is a terrible thing to waste

[goku]

what good is sound if nothing can hear it?
how do you prove the tree made a sound?
it's kinda like trying to prove evolution, no one was there to see it happen. yet it did happen because here we are?
also, what good is light if nothing could see it?