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makaveli121212 04-10-2004 06:50 PM

Classic Question
 
How do you explain light/darkness/color to a blind person (that has always been blind)

Moogy 04-10-2004 06:52 PM

Darkness is what they "see".
Light is the opposite of what they "see".
Color is impossible to explain.

lightdarkness 04-10-2004 06:53 PM

I dont think you can.

I know someone who has been blind from a very young age, and they say they dont think about color.

makaveli121212 04-10-2004 07:04 PM

moogy, theyre blind, they dont see, i dont know if they can even percieve that they are in darkness, but i dont know any blind people

perfect_fat 04-10-2004 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightdarkness
I dont think you can.

I know someone who has been blind from a very young age, and they say they dont think about color.

And that's why the blind are such terrible dressers.

I've got an experiment for you. Hold up your hand (like you're telling somebody to step off). What do you see out of that hand?

That's what it's like for some blind people. Their eyes just don't work. For others, they can see, but just barely, maybe just shadows. So, I guess it defends on your definition of blind.

chardish 04-11-2004 12:35 AM

I've got another blindness-simulating experiment for you. Close your eyes.









On a more serious note, to try to explain color to a blind person is to try to explain something outside the realm of their understanding.

Imagine a race of people where every 5 or 6 people are all controlled by one mind. Now ask one of them what it's like to be 6 people. They won't be able to put it into words (because they can't explain to someone who doesn't understand how they feel) and you won't be able to understand it (because you can't feel how they feel.)

Which just proves that to fully empathize with someone you have to understand them.

Omeganitros 04-11-2004 01:48 AM

You fix their eyesight using a laser and a magnifying glass and then you say "Here, that's what everything looks like." Shortly afterwards, he will either be overwhelmed by everything he's seeing, or his eyes will explode from using the laser and magnifying glass incorrectly. Either way, he learns color.

That's what Superman did, in one of his black and white tv shows (viewable on TV Land).

But yeah, you cant teach a blind man color. Same thing with teaching someone psychic powers to one who has none.

perfect_fat 04-11-2004 02:55 AM

And same as teaching a right winger compassion, it's just out of their realm of understanding.

Moogy 04-11-2004 02:57 AM

Haha, nice analogy.

mike100 04-11-2004 08:04 AM

"I've got another blindness-simulating experiment for you. Close your eyes.









On a more serious note, to try to explain color to a blind person is to try to explain something outside the realm of their understanding.

Imagine a race of people where every 5 or 6 people are all controlled by one mind. Now ask one of them what it's like to be 6 people. They won't be able to put it into words (because they can't explain to someone who doesn't understand how they feel) and you won't be able to understand it (because you can't feel how they feel.)

Which just proves that to fully empathize with someone you have to understand them."



...wait what'd you say after "close your eyes"?

mike100 04-11-2004 08:05 AM

hmmm lemme figure out how to quote people....[quote]

mike100 04-11-2004 08:05 AM

...lol hmmm
Quote:

Close your eyes.

mike100 04-11-2004 08:06 AM

[I am typing...]Hello.[/quote]

mike100 04-11-2004 08:07 AM

I wrote:[/quote]Grrrrr[quote]

mike100 04-11-2004 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moogy
Haha, nice analogy.


YESSS finally, i found the damn button. I'll stop now.

makaveli121212 04-11-2004 08:19 AM

man, you really gayed that up


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