A Higher Understanding

[Ganj]

During my last smoke session I think I had a higher understanding of how things work.

I thought to myself..Why do scents register similar in the minds of most people? Why do sights register similar in the minds of most people.? The same thing with sounds and sensation.

Because Nature and Creation is the entirity of our knowledge. It is the most powerful one thing in this world. It effects the most people..therefore I am starting to Understand that Nature and Creation are the only Higher Power to any government, authority, or persons.

Wow. Does that sound familiar to any kind of religion?

makes sense to me. it was created and became nature.

[dirtyhippy420]

How can you be sure that scents and sights are the same for everybody? Maybe the color we call "green" looks totally different in your head than it does in mine. Maybe you see green things as a color that I would call red, and you see red things as the color I would call green.

Thank you man, you have no idea how long I've been thinking about this! I don't know how many times I've tried to impart this point of view on others I thought would understand and just got blank stares or "no dude, red is red" or some other brush off. Now I know I'm not crazy, or maybe we both are ....

[Polymirize]

it seems it may actually be the case the some people perceive an inverted spectrum. ie the cones in their eyes responsible for triggering a perception of red in the brain actually creates a sensation of blue, and the blue cones create a perception of red. Has to do with the pigments in the cones being reversed...

So they perceive "red" differently, although they still understand it in context and if you asked them what color the stop sign was they'd say red of course...

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

[STDzRus]

I'm talking about people in general here people!

[acidtrip]

How can you be sure that scents and sights are the same for everybody? Maybe the color we call "green" looks totally different in your head than it does in mine. Maybe you see green things as a color that I would call red, and you see red things as the color I would call green.

Hey I've thought about this aswell, but have never really looked into it much, however I think it is possible that our brains distinguish colours differently to eachother, for example green to me might be grey to you, it seems normal to us because it's what we've always known.

I'm paritally colour blind, certain colours seem the same to me, but it's not that bad, an example, just earlier I bought some new shoes with Reebok written in blue, but under darker light it looks like dark green to me.

[beachguy in thongs]

If you have a 6,000-piece Crayola Crayons set, you'll see that the colors are named down to the most sensitive form of Turqoise. I'm not sure how the "eye" works, but you can't say something is green when it's blue.

If you're a witness to a robbery, you have to know what color they are wearing so the cops can find them. I really had something to say when I started this post, and usually, I just hit the back button when I've realized I had nothing to say, but this time I'm gonna stay.

I'm sorry if you're color blind, maybe you're not smoking enough green.

edit: or blue?

[STDzRus]

Do you identify a tree as a tree? Or do you identify it as a cloud?

Do you look up at the clouds and call them grass? Or do you look down at the grass and call it water?

Simple basic perceptions.

Not between colour blind people.
Not between people who want to be different and break the norm.
Not between two stoners who are stoned and want to be funny.

Between your average day Mr. and Mrs. Joe.

[opiuser]

Thank you man, you have no idea how long I've been thinking about this! I don't know how many times I've tried to impart this point of view on others I thought would understand and just got blank stares or "no dude, red is red" or some other brush off. Now I know I'm not crazy, or maybe we both are ....

it has to be possible... some people arw white, and some are black... (just examples... nothing about race) some see all colors, some are color blind... some people are dumbasses and some are geniuses... some have blue eyes some have green... so why would it not be ppossible for us to see diff, we think diff.