probably my deepest, interesting thought ever...

[415plus5]

ok try to stay with me on this one...

what if everybody saw different colors and each and everybodys life is full of different colors? i mean the color green to me could be a completely different color to you, but the world continues to function because we look at something and are told that it is "green". the only way i can even try to describe what im saying is try to think of it like the matrix in a way. everything is a code and we see what our minds depict of this code.

when a kid is young and in school and learning the names of colors, they are exposed to a specific color (lets say yellow for example) and are told that color is yellow. in the kids eyes he sees a color, but it could be any color, he just know that that color is called "yellow". now apply this to all the colors. the world continues to work because we at one time see a specific color and are told the name, so uniformly as a people we see a color and call it yellow, but it could be a completely different color. we just know that, that is "red", that is "blue", that is "green".

i know this sounds completely stupid and as i become more and more sober i see how bad this sounds. but if you get really really ripped and think about it, it might just make a little bit of sense.

i am completely open to all feedback and i hope this doesnt make my future posts unreliable. thank you. lol

415plus5 Reviewed by 415plus5 on 12-16-2008. probably my deepest, interesting thought ever... ok try to stay with me on this one... what if everybody saw different colors and each and everybodys life is full of different colors? i mean the color green to me could be a completely different color to you, but the world continues to function because we look at something and are told that it is "green". the only way i can even try to describe what im saying is try to think of it like the matrix in a way. everything is a code and we see what our minds depict of this code. when a kid is Rating: 5

[ghosty]

it doesn't seem stupid, it's a discussion that's had in most intro to philosophy courses... Many others (including myself) have sat and thought about that exact same thing, in fact I know we've had other threads previously about this.

[TheHonorary]

Yea, that makes sense.
Same goes with other senses such as taste, hearing, other aspects of vision, and even touch.
Everything in the world is basically code in form of different atoms, chemical makeups, waves, etc., and your body deciphers that code in a way that makes sense to our conscious selves. The way each individual self "sees" this code could be completely different.

[maxsuperdanks]

Yeah, I discovered the concept of differing perceptions when I was 4 or 5...


I was asking adults the same question and they were like "what the fuck?" and then I just realized that we all interpret things differently and agree commonly between things being what they are, thus making them what they are. A sharp knife to you could be dull to me, depending on our experiences with knives in the past. Shit like that.

[JohnnyZ]

That's what being colourblind is like. I have three friends who are colour blind, all to a different degree. Two of them just get minor shades mixed up, like light green looks like tan, or something like that. But the other one sees totally different colours. Green is purple, orange is blue, yellow is red, and vice versa.

Funny that we wouldn't even know we were colourblind if it weren't for the education system, or the eye doctor I guess.

PS - Remember the circle with the number in it that they use for testing colourblindness? For his birthday last year, we bought him a shirt that was like that, except instead of a number inside of it, it says "Fuck the colour blind." He still doesn't know what it says..

[weedmaster]

good thread i can see what your saying:thumbsup: got my imagination running riot playing with colors:jointsmile:

[JD1stTimer]

When I was a kid my dad and I talked about that a lot. There are some perceptual differences between people. For instance I enjoy a visual phenomena called "visual snow". My opthalmologist can't understand what's going on, but in dim lighting or low contrast I see what can best be described as a film grain type texture if you know what I mean. In total darkness I see spots, lines, shimmery and wavy things in different shades of mostly green and purple.

[Born To Stone]

I've thought about that also, hard to know what colour looks like through another persons eyes. I mean how do you describe a colour? I suppose you could say 'yellow is bright' but still pretty vague and you can get dull shades of yellow.

I remember reading how different creatures can see different colours to humans, I think butterflies can see ultraviolet light and snakes can see infrared. If we could see all of the light spectrum I assume your vision would be too bombarded though to interpret it all.

I've also read about people saying they've seen a whole new colour while on psychedelics :silly: hard to imagine eh?

[Blazed Deafy]

i took philosophy recent fall semester and the subject is interesting i have enjoyed hearing different arguments n whatnot. In my opinion, philosophy is pointless but it honed my logical process. it is helpful. the color perception i have thought about it before but it is experiences forms your perception on the world even colors too. Funny thing i was reading article about this blind woman i think her name was mary, (not mary jane mind yall!)who is colorist and studied colors extensively yet she has not experienced the colors. its interesting to think about that especially those people who lives in mental ward. sorry for nonsense im stoned as usual.

[Weelittlelasey]

Like how people who don't smoke think weed smells bad. But to people that have grown use to the smell think it's good because when we smell weed our brain thinks "Time to get highhh"