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> For instance, no scientific theory can tell you what seeing the color red is like. Science doesn't stand out here. Nothing can tell you what it is like to s
by red75prime 9y ago
> For instance, no scientific theory can tell you what seeing the color red is like.
Science doesn't stand out here. Nothing can tell you what it is like to see infrared.
Modifying your retinal cells and waiting, while your brain teaches itself to process new information, is a way to know how it will look like for you. But you still will be unable to convey this information, which raises a question: is it still an information if it cannot be conveyed.
- pmoriarty 9y agoI think it is information if it can not be conveyed. The other day I was sitting at a table and reading, and my attention happened to be drawn to the table top as I tried to think of the name for its color, but I was momentarily stumped. I couldn't think of a name for the color, as it wasn't a primary color but was kind of a mix of colors. I spent a few seconds in this state, where I was clearly aware of the color and consciously thinking of it, and was in no sense puzzled by the color itself but only lacking a name for it. Then I decided it was a mix of colors that was kind of blue-green. To me it seems the pre-linguistic, conscious awareness that I had of the color of the table was information that I had, but information that I could at least momentarily not communicate.