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Cheque not transferrable

Citrinin

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Describe red to a blind person that doesn't understand physics.

You can't. You could give the definition that it is electromagnetic radiation from some wavelength to some other wavelength, but that's hardly a satisfying definition to people who don't know much about physics. It also doesn't allow them to visualise red.

You could describe the emotions it evokes, but the emotional/cultural aspect of red is only one component. There is still a visual component.

You could describe the things that are red, but again, that doesn't really work, either, because it doesn't do anything to extrapolate the concept.

So, you really can't describe the visual component of red properly to a person who has never experienced it. The knowledge is not transferrable by words.

And that really bugs me. :[
 

Guillermo

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You can't get any visualisation in their head about anything if they're blind and haven't seen it before.
 

Citrinin

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Exactly. Red was an example of that. >: Words are my friends, and it bugs me that I can't transfer the knowledge. XD;
 

Ho-Oh

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I never thought about that before.
 

s0nido

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Wow, this is...eye-opening. Thank God I'm not blind, because if I were, then I wouldn't be able to have a favourite colour. :[
 

Feign

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*puts Citrinin back in his puppeteer cave* The shadows are pretty, yes?
 

Bay

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Red, red red...

Don't make this gentleman think of Vampire Knight. :< In all seriousness though, interesting thought there. Besides, red is a pretty cool color. D:
 

Citrinin

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Feign said:
*puts Citrinin back in his puppeteer cave* The shadows are pretty, yes?
;o;

I WANT COLOUR. D:

Bay said:
Don't make this gentleman think of Vampire Knight. :<
You're really getting into calling yourself a gentleman, aren't you? XDD;

Bay said:
In all seriousness though, interesting thought there.
Thanks. :D

Bay said:
Besides, red is a pretty cool color. D:
I know. Especially the alizarin shade. :D
 

Vigilante

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I read something about a guy who was colorblind make something so that he could hear colors.
 
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