I was thinking about qualia - wondering what would happen if my brain were
suddenly receiving inputs about other wavelengths of light besides those in
the visible range, x-rays suppose - would I immediately associate novel
colors with them, or it would take some time to learn? I realized that since
I have (at least) red/green color blindness I may get to find out sooner
then normal, since a treatment for color blindness will probably be
developed before x-ray vision. I was curious how serious my color blindness
actually was - so far in 23 years I haven't really had much difficulty with
it. So I looked up "color blindness" and found this page among others:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8833/coloreye.html
It has a chart on it, and I was startled to find that I can pass only one of
the six tests with no difficulty. Three more of them, I can sort-of discern
some difference in color around the center..
Does anyone know if there is any work being done in treatment of color
blindness? I would suspect it's more advanced then anything going on today
since they'd need to implant cones and rods in the eye, or make them grow
there. Any ideas on how to even come up with a treatment?
Finding out my deficiency was so serious is a great feeling. It means when I
fix it, it'll be a whole new world of experience.
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Zeb Haradon (zebharadon@hotmail.com)
My personal webpage:
http://www.inconnect.com/~zharadon/ubunix
A movie I'm directing:
http://www.elevatormovie.com
"Fish fuck in it." - W. C. Fields answer to why he never drank water.
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