Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
For the record, of course, the dress is probably not blue, nor black, nor gold, nor white. Those are just the colors we perceive being reflected back at us.
TPRJones wrote:Now that's a bit pedantic of you. Without accepting that as a basic part of their meaning, then the words for colors have no meaning left.
But if we truly want to know what color a thing is, how can we? 10% of people are color-blind, other species can see frequencies that we cannot see. At any rate, I agree with you, I just brought it up cuz it seemed relevant.
We watched a Brain Games about color perception this weekend, my daughters:
Youngest: Mommy, they said a stop sign wasn't red. But they're wrong.
Oldest: Ugh! We just see what colors are reflected, we don't really know what color it is!
It is the only organism known to simultaneously detect the four linear and two circular polarization components required for Stokes parameters, which yield a full description of polarization. It is thus believed to have optimal polarization vision.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
