trout Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 And how do we know red is red it could be purple the only reason we think of the colour red when we say red is that is what we been told. Who decided red was going to be red....... I used to say something to that effect. However, light is made up of varying wavelengths which are constant. In the back of each of our retinas are "cones" and "rods" affected by these specific wavelengths .. so each of us (unless these retinal areas are damaged or malfunction eg. colour blindness) view the same wavelengths. So you seeing "red" light means I also see "red" light rather than "green" for instance. Yes, we are all taught the "names" of these viewable wavelengths ... but we do actually all see the same "colour", per say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarotangel Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 And how do we know red is red it could be purple the only reason we think of the colour red when we say red is that is what we been told. Who decided red was going to be red....... I used to say something to that effect. However, light is made up of varying wavelengths which are constant. In the back of each of our retinas are "cones" and "rods" affected by these specific wavelengths .. so each of us (unless these retinal areas are damaged or malfunction eg. colour blindness) view the same wavelengths. So you seeing "red" light means I also see "red" light rather than "green" for instance. Yes, we are all taught the "names" of these viewable wavelengths ... but we do actually all see the same "colour", per say. I know I don't as I'm mostly blind in one eye and also folk that are colour blind might not see some shades at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 There is of course "objective" and "subjective" perceptional philosophies re: color theory from Armstrong I think it was!?! All I remember was getting a sore head reading through it, and just about byokin in an exam! A whole ream of recent investigation into adaptive optics states the cone and rod theory of yesteryear is only partly true. That our brains actually calibrate and adapt to colour differences. Check it out here ^^ Science Daily is a great read anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I used to be fascinated by the idea that we might all experience the same colours differently. It's a perfect example of something that we'll never be able to experience from someone else's perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenutz Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Just watched a thing on the telly, scientists have just made a groundbreaking discovery. They admit they can't explain it, but through tests they now know that the mind, in some form is still functional after we are clinically dead. And they also said that they find that quite a comforting thought, the same scientists i must add, that have been trying to prove the scientific explanation. which is nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 HERE'S a link on research intae whit ewenutz is spikkin aboot. "During cardiac arrest brainstem activity is rapidly lost. It should not be able to sustain such lucid processes or allow the formation of lasting memories." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 From the same site:“We need a large, definitive study to tell us whether the mind is produced by the brain or whether it is a separate entity. If it is the latter this will have almost unimaginable implications.†Any volunteers for "flatlining"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Psychics real? Please. www.randi.orgwww.stopsylviabrowne.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewenutz Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 please? please take you to one so you see for yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsk Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I agree with you ewenutz. you have to see to believe. Once I was at an open meeting at the freefield centre , with the glasgow lady you mentionioned in earlier posts , she connected with someone who had deceased relative who was an angry man, she said. And a drinker. While she was talking to the relation a bottle of wine that was with the raffle prizes , in front of the whole audiance , shot forward and landed at the feet of the woman whom the physic was connected with. Even the physic was shocked when this happenend and I can tell you the audience was even more gluffed . There was no false pretences. That bottle shot forward by a force was beyond anyones control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsbells Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I was always very sceptical of mediums etc but when I went to an open meeting at freefield one night the medium started to cough and make noises and actions like a very dear friend of mine who had died a year or two before. Nobody else in that room knew him ( she described him and was spot on ) and I knew the things she said to me were absolutely true so now I believe there are people who can connect to something but as long as it doesn't scare the s*** out of me then it's ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkstarIII Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Im thinking of going to see Frank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I think you all need to read this book: http://www.uploading.com/files/KO0B9V10/Ian_Rowland___Full_Facts_Book_of_Cold_Reading.pdf.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 ^ Perhaps JAS, it is equally true that you 'need' to visit on of these meetings, or suchlike, before you can confidently say what those who have been 'need'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I suppose my point of view might be a bit biased seeing as I am married to a medium. I have met and seen in action quite a few mediums some exceptional some good and a few who didnt seem like they could be bothered or where in a world of their own. I have also seen and heard about a few who I thought might be cold reading or quite simply making it up, there are after all con men/women in all walks of life and all professions. I remember one occassion though when a medium mentioned a name to me during a service (not a usual name that anyone might know someone called by ie jean, jim, mary,bob etc) that meant absolutely nothing to me even though the message they gave did mean something to me.when I phoned round the family afterwards to see if the name meant anything to anyone it turned out to be the name of an aunt that I never knew existed, so if anyone can explain to me how a cold reader could come out with the name and a message that meant something to me even if they where reading me, or how anyone could know more about distant members of my family that I didn't know about myself, then please start explaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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