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How do you know if a tree that fell in the forest made a sound? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You check the crash logs

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes and no. It all depends in what field you're describing sound. In physics, a tree that fell in the forest most definitely made a sound. In psychology, it doesn't.

In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.

In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound

To be honest, I'm with the physicists.