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[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Technically, all the colors are fake. They're just the halucinations of a brain trying to understand the input from sensory organs.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

That doesn't make them fake, in the same way that x can mean 2. You are merely representing a given value (in this case light within a certain electromagnetic spectrum) in a useful way.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

But is my red the same as your red? Hmmm?

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

if two people can both point to red and agree that it's red, that's close enough. anything beyond that is just pointless esoteric debate.

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Some people see numbers instead/along with colors, and different people see different numbers, so I guess the colors might be different between people too

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I would be way more surprised if people who saw numbers with colors all saw the same numbers.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree that it's pointless. I think it may be beneficial to humanity (eventually) to establish whether or not there is an objective reality which we all experience.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

i agree, but that's a job for neuroscience, quantum mechanics, and psychology; not a pack of dorks on the fediverse.

[–] Sedathems@mander.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

it's more in the philosophy ballpark, which shapes the interpretration of methodology and the consequences, in my humble opinion.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But what if the dorks on the fediverse are scientists?

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

then by all means

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

But I want to contribute to humanity in a meaningful way!

-me, a dork on the Fediverse nearly incapable of contributing to humanity in a meaninful way

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago

I hadn't thought about it that way.

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No, colors are real. And you see them.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Pink isn't real. There is no wavelength of light that is pink.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Clearly, it's light-ish red.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Its bright red, maybe toward purple! Brown is dark orange.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

This person colors

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Light frequencies between blue and red don't exist.