I think it’s possible that we all live in unique universes within our minds wherein we percieve things uniquely from one another.

For example, the colors we see, what we all call and understand as yellow may very well be a different color to each of us, but we all call it the same yellow.

No one would know for sure whether our universes are different or not unless we are able to experience another one aside from the ones we are individually born in.

Of course there is the science of light & color that says what we percieve as color is rays of light (photons) shooting into our retinas at varying speeds and wavelengths. But that’s the science, the actual, measurable sensation; What we percieve can be, and often is very different.

To my knowledge, there is no medical document of an eye transplant in which the organ recipient recieved someone elses eyes and began seeing the world in dramatically different colors. (It’s not like I looked for one. I’m writing this on my phone @ work!) Besides, sensation happens physically (on the outside so-to-speak), whereas perception is something that occurs within our minds. So to that organ recipient, their brain would still recieve the same information (albeit from a different set of eyes) and the same brain would percieve the information the same way it always has.

In other news, I like Fringe (the show) a lot.

Life is incredible. Humans are incredible. We’re amazing.

Say it with me; I’mSoAwesome!

February 13, 2010, 5:54pm