RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 27, 2012 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2012 at 9:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
"Some" crystalline structures can defract light into a an "orderly" pattern visible to human beings along the very short portion of the spectrum of our ability. Still, "colors" specifically the names of those colors are an invention of human beings, and some creatures perceive wavelengths of light differently than we do (as far as we can tell from the structure of their light sensing apparatus, not being able to ask them directly). If they were to have "colors" it's not entirely unlikely that they would have both a different concept and name in mind for any given wavelength within their ability to perceive.
This effect is not limited to crystals, plants can also do this (as seen from the perspective of the human eye)-
Phototropics "percieve" all light as something analagous to the idea of "hide" to a human being, devoid of any notion of color or sight. This is how plants "follow the sun". Chloroplasts "perceive" red and blue as "go", which is why they appear to be green (the light that they don't absorb), until they are dead or dormant, at which point they appear to be brown (the larger portion of the light they are no longer absorbing and thusly visible to us in the changing of the seasons)
This effect is not limited to crystals, plants can also do this (as seen from the perspective of the human eye)-
Phototropics "percieve" all light as something analagous to the idea of "hide" to a human being, devoid of any notion of color or sight. This is how plants "follow the sun". Chloroplasts "perceive" red and blue as "go", which is why they appear to be green (the light that they don't absorb), until they are dead or dormant, at which point they appear to be brown (the larger portion of the light they are no longer absorbing and thusly visible to us in the changing of the seasons)
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