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Color perception arbitrary?
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RE: Color perception arbitrary?
(July 25, 2013 at 12:32 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: If I was a monkey who couldn`t see the brown sabercat in the field -I would end up as a meal. And the monkey who can see the cat gets to have sex and offspring that also sees the sabercat.

That's not what I'm getting it. I'm talking about why it is our brains translate some wavelength x as blue and some wavelength y as red rather than have x=red and y=blue.

Your example is one of a having a more limited color perception so of course that puts you at a disadvantage. My example assumes the ability to process the same number of colors as we do now.

Why is it better that we not see the world this way?
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Color perception arbitrary? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 25, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 25, 2013 at 12:45 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by festive1 - July 25, 2013 at 12:56 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by frankiej - July 25, 2013 at 1:46 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Faith No More - July 25, 2013 at 4:16 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by pocaracas - July 25, 2013 at 4:19 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by NoraBrimstone - July 25, 2013 at 4:33 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 1:30 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Chas - July 25, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Re: Color perception arbitrary? - by NoraBrimstone - July 25, 2013 at 3:54 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 4:15 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 25, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by FifthElement - July 26, 2013 at 12:34 am
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Faith No More - July 25, 2013 at 4:38 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by FlyingNarwhal - July 25, 2013 at 5:12 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Anomalocaris - July 25, 2013 at 6:16 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Napoléon - July 25, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Anomalocaris - July 25, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Rayaan - July 25, 2013 at 7:29 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Annik - July 25, 2013 at 8:51 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 11:17 pm
RE: Color perception arbitrary? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2013 at 11:15 pm

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