Sound as it is mechanically understood will occur, but sound as it is understood.

Yes, it makes a sound, that being a disturbance in the fluidic medium, air. When the tree falls it causes a disturbance in the air pressure field in the woods and that pressure field emanates away from the fallen tree.

The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard.

The physics of this phenomenon are quite well understood, and very independent of any soul being there to hear the stumppruning.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. When the tree falls in the forest, sound waves are generated that impinge on your eardrum if you are there.

The sound waves are processed by your cochleas and neuronal signals are transmitted to. The full phrase is 'If a tree falls in the forest but nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?'.

It symbolizes the ineffectiveness of unheard opinions/thoughts.