If a tree falls in a forest does it make a sound?
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Is There a Sound in the Environment?
When the tree falls in the forest, it doesn't actually make a sound unless there's a mind there to perceive it. I think richard is right. Every philosopher that has talked about that is wrong. This is stef an bleak from the institute of sound and vibration research at the university of southampton. For me, the important in about sound is the aspect of perception. So it needs to be perceived, and there isn't any one, any person, who hears the sound, and therefore there isn't a sound. But if there isn't anybody around to to hear it, or to pick up with their brain and to interpret that sound, then my answer issured, no
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