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My own version of this childhood theory was that everyone has the same favourite colour, but our brains saw it on different parts of the spectrum. So my favouri
by seldo 17y ago
My own version of this childhood theory was that everyone has the same favourite colour, but our brains saw it on different parts of the spectrum. So my favourite colour is what I call blue, and you see the same colour when you look at green.
- leif 17y agoI think having this thought is one of the fundamentally human experiences, as every time I talk to someone about this idea, they tell me that they, too, had it at an early age. Thank you for confirming the ultimate weirdness of the universe for me.
- InkweaverReview 17y agoI used to feel the same way. If you think about it could be a handy way to explain favorite colors. In reality there is only one color that everyone likes best, just everyone calls that one color by a different name because their spectrum wavelengths are different. Interesting idea but in the long run the truth is that it doesn't really matter.
- TrevorJ 17y agoWhat is fascinating to me is that while we do know a lot about how color is produced and the structure of the eye, we can never really say for SURE that my green and your green are perceived as the same shade for both of us. There are people with synesthesia who map sensory input to different senses (They 'feel' sound for instance). I don't know if we'd ever be able to discover that everyone maps colors the same way in our minds in that sense.
- smanek 17y agoThis is what Wittgenstein called the 'Beetle in the Box' problem. He is an interesting enough philosopher - it just seems he found one hammer and tried to make every problem into a nail.