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I'm colorblind[0] and already knew about the professors in Washington state doing gene therapy on this. I'm eager to join in the human trials when they begin, b
by BuckRogers 11y ago
I'm colorblind[0] and already knew about the professors in Washington state doing gene therapy on this. I'm eager to join in the human trials when they begin, but my understanding from friends who are scientists that the legal hurdles of such a thing is enormous. My mother found out when as a child I said "wow the grass sure is red today". I've never really seen green grass other than in a painting. Grass varies of course, but it's closer to a reddish for sure though on average. I can't really tell when it's brown and dying very easily either. It's pretty difficult to explain to someone that you "don't know" what color something is really.
I'm not interested in Enchroma though, you can't add lost information. I'm sure it helps differentiate between shades. Just as you can't upscale a 640x480 image to 4K without adding the missing information. I'd like to try them on to test, but without that I can't send these people ~$400 for something that seems dubious to begin with.
I did just learn this from the Enchroma page-
"something as ordinary as peanut butter, which should look brown, appears to be green for someone with color blindness!"
I had no idea peanut butter was brown. I remember seeing a Sesame Street episode as a kid in the mid 80s where they showed a peanut butter factory, noting the color as a child. I always thought it was greenish/tan.
I would love to see the world how it is to everyone else before I die at least.
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