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[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Imagine how OP their colour perception would be if they did have that mental processing power

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 8 points 2 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.

[–] sfu@lemm.ee 3 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

No, colors are real. And you see them.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour 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.

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

I hadn't thought about it that way.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (2 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.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour 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 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour 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

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 57 minutes ago

Working on it.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I hate that it invalidates this episode of radiolab, which is, without a doubt, a masterpiece of podcasting:

https://youtu.be/jibvu9BHV_k?t=795

i saved the video at the 13 minute mark where they do the audio representation of the vivid colors. still worth a watch/listen

[–] Wizzard@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But compared with human eyesight, they could still see more 'colors' - As we see (almost) the same white in incandescent bulbs as LEDs and fluorescents, they might actually see the component colors and their intensities.

Not unlike how we may hear a combination tone when multiple other tones are played, and hear the difference (or sum) of them.

[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How would you suggest they do that. White light near equally activates our 3 cones because all spectrums of light are in it.

White light near equally activates all 12 shrimp cones because all spectrums of light are in it.

Which spectrum of color is left out of white light that wouldn't light up a cone associated with it?

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

6500k vs 5000k is noticeable for humans

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I need to use wherewithal more in my daily life

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Every lunar month, when there is a full moon, i try quitting caffeine

werewithdrawal

(I initially misread you comment)

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 points 7 hours ago

I wish I had the wherewithal to use it more often.

[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago

My whole world is crumbling

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 41 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

How did they test if they could see color? Did they make little shrimp dioramas or something?

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 42 points 14 hours ago

They asked them politely

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 26 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The easiest way is to use the principles of conditioning. Pair a stimulus with a certain color light, then start flashing up different colored lights. If the organism is cued to the stimulus by multiple colors of lights, it means that they can't really distinguish between them.

That's how we tested when kids lose the ability to distinguish certain phonemes.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

it makes me happy when people understand science.

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[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 36 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The shrimp are holier than we are because they cannot see the devil's color (it's pink 🩷)

[–] pzzzt@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 20 points 14 hours ago

That is clearly embarrassed white

[–] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Disappointed. But didn't the have receptors for differently polarized light? What about that?

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 3 hours ago

Polarization filters on retinal photoreceptor won't make light wavelength (color) be perceived different, it just changes the conditions in which it's detected. If those polarized cells would cover unique colors compared to the rest, it would kinda resemble the highlight effect in Mirror's Edge, where something with a different angle than the surroundings stand out (sudden color gradient)

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Color me appointed, at least we're not missing out on fresh new colors!

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