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This is not something to do with nature more than it is to do with science.
The question, as I'm sure some of you have heard at least once in your life is
"If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
It looks like a simple question though it carries a deeper meaning. "Can something exist without being perceived?" or "Can we assume the unobserved world functions the same as the observed world?"This is akin to the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment if it's easier for you to comprehend it that way.
Basically, sound is just the vibration of particles in the air that are caught by our eardrums and converted into nerve impulses which are detected by the brain and interpreted. Therefore, in the absence of the ear or any living body to experience the tree falling, did the tree even make a sound or fall in the first place? This theory is known as Immaterialism by the way.
Well, does it make a sound?
The question, as I'm sure some of you have heard at least once in your life is
"If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
It looks like a simple question though it carries a deeper meaning. "Can something exist without being perceived?" or "Can we assume the unobserved world functions the same as the observed world?"This is akin to the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment if it's easier for you to comprehend it that way.
Basically, sound is just the vibration of particles in the air that are caught by our eardrums and converted into nerve impulses which are detected by the brain and interpreted. Therefore, in the absence of the ear or any living body to experience the tree falling, did the tree even make a sound or fall in the first place? This theory is known as Immaterialism by the way.
Well, does it make a sound?