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Tree Falls
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, would you hear a sound?
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No. The question didn't ask if the tree MADE a sound. It asked if YOU would HEAR a sound, which of course you would not because there was no one around to hear it.Hide Answer Show Answer
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actually you could hear it because it said no one was around but u might of been so you COULD'VE heard it
That was cute :-) I never even caught it. Just quickly clicked to see what snappy new response you may have come up with to the age old question
It didn't necessarily say if you heard a sound from the tree. So the correct answer would be 'Yes.'
skoolkid is wright.Now i could hear my dog barrrrrrrrking.lol
You would hear a sound, but the sound wouldn't be the tree falling. It could be a dog barking or a person snoring. The question asked "Would you hear a sound?" and that means any sound.
i'm with skoolkid and iconofsin - what does your hearing have to do with a tree falling down? you can still hear things, whether the tree is standing or not
unless you're deaf, sleeping, have headphones on, etc.
good points all of the above
if you have headphones on you would still hear either the music (or whatever you are listening to) from them or backround noise if they were turned off.
Gah I've been tryin to figure that out for years.
if you had headphones on you could hear them
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