If there is a empty hallway a locker slams an nobody is around to hear it dose i!
Question: If there is a empty hallway a locker slams an nobody is around to hear it dose it make a sound!?
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The slamming locker will create vibrations in the air!. Vibrations in the carrier medium are not sound!. Sound is when someone perceives those vibrations and therefore hears sound!. So in that case, no, if no ones around to hear it, there is no sound made!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The answer to this question depends on what is the definition of sound, and the key to the discussion is to determine what sound means!. Is sound defined by the act of a human or other animal hearing!? Or can a sound exist without someone around to hear it!? It would seem prudent to start by looking up the word 'sound' in a dictionary!.
I looked in one dictionary and two encyclopedias!. One encyclopedia said that sound is defined by the the ear detecting, or hearing, of vibrations (sound) in the air, water or other substance!. This would mean that the locker in the question would make no sound, as sound requires someone to hear!. The other encyclopedia and the dictionary defined sound as the vibrations itself, whether or not someone is around to hear!. By these definitions, the locker would make a sound whether or not the person was "around to hear!."
As you can see, the debate isn't a matter of philosophy but of word definition!. The difference between "Yes, it makes a sound" or "No" can come down to the arbitrary choice, the picking of a favorite dictionary, the outvoting of 2 references to 1, the flipping of a coin, a show of hands!. You can give an answer of Yes or No and essentially mean the same thing!. Is one sound definition better than the other!? No, they're just different!.
The proper response would seem to be to say, "What's the definition of sound!?"Www@Enter-QA@Com
I looked in one dictionary and two encyclopedias!. One encyclopedia said that sound is defined by the the ear detecting, or hearing, of vibrations (sound) in the air, water or other substance!. This would mean that the locker in the question would make no sound, as sound requires someone to hear!. The other encyclopedia and the dictionary defined sound as the vibrations itself, whether or not someone is around to hear!. By these definitions, the locker would make a sound whether or not the person was "around to hear!."
As you can see, the debate isn't a matter of philosophy but of word definition!. The difference between "Yes, it makes a sound" or "No" can come down to the arbitrary choice, the picking of a favorite dictionary, the outvoting of 2 references to 1, the flipping of a coin, a show of hands!. You can give an answer of Yes or No and essentially mean the same thing!. Is one sound definition better than the other!? No, they're just different!.
The proper response would seem to be to say, "What's the definition of sound!?"Www@Enter-QA@Com
course it does just take tape recorder tape it and it'll make a sound
just because u don't hear it doesn't mean that the sound automatically disappears earth doesn't revolve around uWww@Enter-QA@Com
just because u don't hear it doesn't mean that the sound automatically disappears earth doesn't revolve around uWww@Enter-QA@Com
What empty hallway are you talking about!? I know one where a Ghost resides!. Heh, heh, heh!. Or should I say woooooooooooooooooooooo!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Ask the person who slammed it then disapperedWww@Enter-QA@Com
how will it slam!?!?
and it will make a noise but no one will be lucky enough to hear it!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
and it will make a noise but no one will be lucky enough to hear it!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
how would the locker slam if nobody was around!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
no b/c nobody can prove that it slammedWww@Enter-QA@Com
mayflower, How do you know it makes a noise when you are not around to hea rit!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
of course
I'm sure there is some busy body looking aroundWww@Enter-QA@Com
I'm sure there is some busy body looking aroundWww@Enter-QA@Com
course it does!.!.!.have you never studied physics!?Www@Enter-QA@Com