Second Glances
Why
not see science?
Not
just know...but also see.
in today's
technological society it's pretty important
Even simple science is seldom what it seems
at first glance.
To see, we must take some seldom sought second
glances.
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Almost all colorblind people do see color. But it's a different kind of color. Different from "normal" human color, that is.
![]() Normal |
![]() Protanopic |
The "Protanopic" picture doesn't look all that "colorblind" to someone with "normal" color vision, especially if it isn't sitting next to the "Normal" picture. Just what is the difference between those two pictures?Communications about color between a "normal" and a "colorblind" person is profoundly puzzling—just as is communication about science between someone who "sees" (some particular concept of) science and someone who doesn't. What if someone else "sees" differently? What might that mean? How can we describe it to each other?
After all, what we see is simply what we see. It's what we've always seen. It's simply what's there. We were born with our perceptions. They are human perceptions. They stay with us all our lives. Unless, of course, something bad happens to us, like an accident that damages our eyesight... or, perhaps, we get bombed by someone who is is "logic-blind" to mutual reciprocity and doesn't "see" anything wrong with inflicting terrible things on other people if it suits his purposes.