So, wait? We *do* all see the same colors. My paranoia-filled childhood musings seem so pointless now.
At least our brains look the same when we do. I'm still not convinced.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Nov 22, 2005 4:26:24 pm PST #6537 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
tommyrot - Nov 22, 2005 4:32:24 pm PST #6538 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"world's first bra designed to mimic the appearance of cosmetic breast implants."
So... fake fake boobs?
Rick - Nov 22, 2005 4:35:17 pm PST #6539 of 10006
Well, they do this adding and subtracting aspects of the colors, and try to find combinations that only make sense if all people are perceiving the same color at the same point of the spectrum. They can't really prove that we all see the same colors. Only that the hypothesis that we all see the same colors is the only existing hypothesis that seems to be consistent with the data. Someday someone could think of a new "different colors" theory that can explain the data, and then we will be back where we started. That is how science works.
Emily - Nov 22, 2005 4:38:28 pm PST #6540 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I got my first real lesson on non-Euclidean geometry today.
Dude. Freaky, man. So, like, parallel lines can meet if that's the most convenient system for us? Whoa.
Yes, that is totally related to the seeing-the-same-color question. You all see it, right?
...right?
Cass - Nov 22, 2005 4:40:54 pm PST #6541 of 10006
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
So is this pretty to everyone?
Because I like it.
Also, I'd like a lipstick in this shade.
t wanders off randomly
Yes, that is totally related to the seeing-the-same-color question.Actually, yeah. Oh, and I was watching something on rational numbers and Eygptian math. I want to send you a copy so you can explain it to me.
Trudy Booth - Nov 22, 2005 4:45:37 pm PST #6542 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Aw... random Cass. So cute.
Emily - Nov 22, 2005 4:50:24 pm PST #6543 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I want to send you a copy so you can explain it to me.
Yay!
Rick - Nov 22, 2005 4:53:52 pm PST #6544 of 10006
Yes, that is totally related to the seeing-the-same-color question. You all see it, right?
As it happens, it is exactly related becasue they do this color stuff using a geometric representation of color perception in a Euclidean or NonEuclidean multidimensional scaling solution. That's how they solved the problem. But then I fell asleep.
tommyrot - Nov 22, 2005 4:55:38 pm PST #6545 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Are you sure you didn't fall asleep first, and dream the whole thing?
Rick - Nov 22, 2005 4:57:40 pm PST #6546 of 10006
Are you sure you didn't fall asleep first, and dream the whole thing?
Are you sure you are reading the board and not just dreaming the whole thing.