If a tree falls in a forest but no one is around to hear it...

[Brechnor]

...does it make a sound?

P.S this thread is for fun, so not too serious... But if you are so inclined;
yes because as it falls the vibrations will cause the sound

Eternal glory will go to the winner who can come up with the most funny answer.

[iLuvKoRn]

It does.

[Loc⁧⁧h]

No, the real question is: If a man speaks in the forest, and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong?

[Brechnor]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Loch:

No, the real question is: If a man speaks in the forest, and no man is around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Lmao thank you, made me laugh :)

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

I don't know who "No One" is (sounds like some Asian name), but if he has ears, then, yes, it makes a sound because No One can hear the sound.

[Xpliciit]

If a person dies but no one is around to see him die, is he dead?

[Danksama]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Xpliciit:

If a person dies but no one is around to see him die, is he dead?

I guess they might be classified as a missing person until their death can be confirmed or assumed beyond all reasonable doubt

[bigtrebuchet]

If someone dies in Australia do they die in real life?

[Danksama]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Spuddles:

If someone dies in Australia do they die in real life?

What about Canada?

[Lusus Symphonia]

If I claim to be the third gender and no one is around to check, does that mean that I am a third gender?

[Dash Darkfighter]

No because there is no such thing as sound its just the goverment lying to us again because thats what our an overlords on the moon told them to say.

[Xpliciit]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Danksama:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Xpliciit:

If a person dies but no one is around to see him die, is he dead?

I guess they might be classified as a missing person until their death can be confirmed or assumed beyond all reasonable doubt

Then the same logic applies to the tree that fell. We can assume it does make a sound because why wouldn't it?

It's almost as boring a question as the 'is Antactica a desert?' ...

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Xpliciit:

If a person dies but no one is around to see him die, is he dead?

You just said he dies... So, yes, dead... You have to leave out such obvious information to make a proper trick question.

If you lead by saying "A person dies" you have already told us the answer to the question of "Is he dead?". The only way that one could go other than "Yup hes still dead" is "Who is HE? and is HE the same as the PERSON that dies?"

As for the tree falling, it leaves out enough information that it could be taken all kinds of different directions, everywhere from asking if it means "Fall" as in the time of year (does fall make a sound?), or how far it falls, or how would someone even know a tree falls if "no one" is around? If someone leaves a video recorder in the forest to capture the tree falling and the sound it does or doesn't make, does that still count as "no one" being around?

It is basically a critical thought trick-question.

[Brechnor]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Xpliciit:

If a person dies but no one is around to see him die, is he dead?

You just said he dies... So, yes, dead... You have to leave out such obvious information to make a proper trick question.

If you lead by saying "A person dies" you have already told us the answer to the question of "Is he dead?". The only way that one could go other than "Yup hes still dead" is "Who is HE? and is HE the same as the PERSON that dies?"

As for the tree falling, it leaves out enough information that it could be taken all kinds of different directions, everywhere from asking if it means "Fall" as in the time of year (does fall make a sound?), or how far it falls, or how would someone even know a tree falls if "no one" is around? If someone leaves a video recorder in the forest to capture the tree falling and the sound it does or doesn't make, does that still count as "no one" being around?

It is basically a critical thought trick-question.

Yeah, did you see that Chanel 4 program Spies. They gave every one a gun and blindfolded them, they said there is a threat in front of you and you have 30 seconds to asses whether to shoot or not. Only ONE person actually asked any questions that would be used to assess the situation. All that went through the minds of the others was "threat" but they did not say they were in "imminent danger".

[Ivy]

Of course it would make a sound. No one would be around to hear it, but a sound would still be produced as it is physically impossible for a tree to fall in a forest and not make a sound.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Coppermλn:

Of course it would make a sound. No one would be around to hear it, but a sound would still be produced as it is physically impossible for a tree to fall in a forest and not make a sound.

Improbable, not impossible.

What if it was a ninja tree, gently lowered to the ground by silent tree-ninjas onto giant tree-ninja-pillows?