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You are here: Home / Science / If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it does it still make a sound?

If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it does it still make a sound?

March 22, 2020 by Karen Hill

Oh, no, you don’t. This is one of those pointlessly endless questions with an answer that depends on how you define sound.

If you define sound as “vibrations within a certain frequency,” then the answer is yes.

If you define it as “something perceived by an ear,” then the answer is no.

So to answer the question, ff a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it does it still make a sound? It depends.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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