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I think a tree falling is a little different from the double slit experiment, because the outcome of a tree falling will always be the same. That question is a little more philosophical about whether the pressurized air waves a falling tree makes are actually "sound" or whether it's the interpretation of those waves done by our ears and brains that actually counts as "a sound"
The double slit experiment actually has two different outcomes, and that's just some of that freaky quantum voodoo shit.
The tree could land in a different way though. Presumably until it's observed it's in all possible positions and rotations it could potentially be in.
Although presumably not because there's always something observing it even if that thing isn't self-aware and is in fact just a rock.
Yeah, the ambient temperature of the air should prevent the formation of a superposition afaik. And a tree would be too large to be in superporition in any likely scenario anyways.