However, most people, as well as scientists, assume that the observer doesn't change whether the tree-fall causes a sound or not, but this is an impossible claim to prove.

The age-old question of whether a falling tree makes a sound when there’s no one around to hear it exploits the tension between perception and reality. This article explores possible answers …

Aug 19, 2022 · Sound is the relationship between a pressure wave and something able to detect that pressure wave. So in fact, if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, it can not make a …

We will discuss waves, wavelength, pressure, the inner ear, and the brain in an effort to understand how sounds are made and how we hear them. In this thought-provoking video, we …

Mar 19, 2025 · If we define sound as the vibration of air molecules, then yes, a falling tree would undoubtedly create these vibrations regardless of whether an observer is present.

Aug 31, 2025 · The sound of the tree falling is part of us. It arises in us, just as pain arises if the pressure in our ears gets too high — neither the pain nor the sound is carried to us by the air, …

Jun 24, 2025 · This well-known question is often mistaken for a Zen koan, though it actually originated in Western philosophy. It echoes the work of George Berkeley, an 18th-century …

Sep 2, 2024 · When an object, like a tree, falls in the forest, it creates a disturbance in the surrounding air, causing the air molecules to vibrate. These vibrations, or sound waves, travel …

Apr 13, 2016 · Meanwhile, if a tree falls in a forest it most certainly makes a sound, even if no one is around to hear it, because the tree necessarily displaces air molecules as it falls and that …

Jun 4, 2025 · Using Collapse Theory, it reframes sound not as vibration, but as meaning—a resolution that only emerges when a conscious system collapses signal into structure. From …