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> "Real" for humans, is whatever we experience directly. Therefore, colour is as real to a blind man as snow to a person who's born in the equator. This sounds
by gspr 6y ago
> "Real" for humans, is whatever we experience directly. Therefore, colour is as real to a blind man as snow to a person who's born in the equator.
This sounds like crazy talk to me. Of course those two things are entirely real.
The fact that we can deduce reality and communicate it to others in a truth-preserving manner is a fundamental underpinning of society. I think it's dangerous to suggest that reality is relative.