Originally posted by bet555
Why is Blue , Blue ? Is it the same colro to you and me or just the same Taught color to you and me ? I have many questions liek this that I wish to
be answered someone older must have these questions answered if not I will before I die. !!!!!!!
I am not new here, but I have never posted before...just a lurker! I have been reading this thread with interest. It seems to have gotten slightly
off-topic from the beginning, so I wanted to pull this particular post back up.
I, too, have thought about perceptions in the broad sense, and often use this "color" question as a basis for trying to glean what it is that people
actaully see from their own perspective. My idea is that although we can each *see* the color blue and recognize it's *name* as blue, my biggest
question is: "Is the color blue objectively perceived in the same way with each person?" In other words, although we know that blue vibrates at a
certain frequencly that we all agree is the color blue, how do we know that the color blue looks the same to each person? My blue may look like your
orange!
THAT is the difference between the *objective* world in which we all tend to agree, and the perceptions OF this world, as seen through individual
eyes. Note: I use the word *see* but I am also including any and all of the physical senses here. I believe it is the individual interpretations as
witnessed through our five (or six) senses that in fact create separate and unique universes so to speak. You've talked about thought processes and
things that have been taught to us, but there is no way that anyone could get inside your brain and actually perceive exactly what you do. AND there
is no way to describe what you see as different than what others see, because we are using the same word for the same object, even in a different
language. The concept is the same.
As an added note, if you think along the lines that I just mentioned regarding personal perceptions then you will realize that no matter what the
objective world cannot be proven to exist OUTSIDE of yourself, because you sense the world from inside your own system. It's like that old question,
if the tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it really fall...or does it even exist?
There are definitely two schools of thought on the reality of an objective world versus the subjective world. Is this all virtual reality that only
exists within your own mind, or is there a reality separate and apart from you? I know....heavy questions, huh? I won't pretend to know the answer,
but I can speculate that it is impossible to KNOW the answer since we can only know the world through our own perceptions, down to the very perception
of someone else telling you the world exists because of their own perception that it exists. You perceive that they perceive, infinity! YIKES!
Alfie
