37 replies to this topic

[newb]

It takes a while to figure out what's going on.

[Cule]

[FooFoo]

I dont get it

[Epic]

[two]

laughing out low

[jurian]

lame

[FooFoo]

When will the mooseing image load?!

[Metatron]

lol

[Quark]

When will the mooseing image load?!

[FooFoo]

When will the mooseing image load?!

Wot?

[jurian]

nooble

[Deathwish]

Funny how we mock it and it's a reality for blind people.

[Metatron]

Umm... I was mocking Darkling.

[Pandilex]

I wonder if blind people actually see black, or if they don't see anything at all... The difference being, if you close your eyes / stand in a dark room, your eyes tell your brain "there's no light here, it's dark". But if blindness is caused by no signals going to your brain, then your brain receives no information about it being dark. So there could be a difference. If blind people did see black, their pupils would probably be permenantly dilated, no?

[Lady_Maha]

I guess we have to continue to wonder about it. We do know that people who were able to see at first and lost sight due to illness or accident describe what they see as black, but I guess nobody would know for sure what a person who is actually born blind would see.

[Xlithan]

I wonder if blind people actually see black, or if they don't see anything at all... The difference being, if you close your eyes / stand in a dark room, your eyes tell your brain "there's no light here, it's dark". But if blindness is caused by no signals going to your brain, then your brain receives no information about it being dark. So there could be a difference. If blind people did see black, their pupils would probably be permenantly dilated, no?

[jurian]

i do know that there has been research done to use a chip to make blind ppl see. some of the persons the thing was tested on said he could see light spots. if the spots are light then he must see something as dark. but then again maybe he thinks what we see as white is black

[Sean]

Yeh if he has never seen light or dark in the first place then how could he know what they are like. I bet you couldnt. try and describe the colour green. Go. Id like to see you try.BTW this is to someone who has never seen anything.

[jurian]

well if he sees the spots i don think he could then understand the difference between light and dark but it's all guessing

[newb]

Funny how we mock it and it's a reality for blind people.

Hence, simulator.

[Xlithan]

Funny how we mock it and it's a reality for blind people.

Hence, simulator.

rofl, i love you Newb

[Elemental]

I wonder if blind people actually see black, or if they don't see anything at all... The difference being, if you close your eyes / stand in a dark room, your eyes tell your brain "there's no light here, it's dark". But if blindness is caused by no signals going to your brain, then your brain receives no information about it being dark. So there could be a difference. If blind people did see black, their pupils would probably be permenantly dilated, no?

You can see light and dark.. And, sometimes a shape of a human/other objects.. Well, the blind person I know can.

[Spill]

LMAO you just made my year newb, much love.

[newb]

I wonder if blind people actually see black, or if they don't see anything at all... The difference being, if you close your eyes / stand in a dark room, your eyes tell your brain "there's no light here, it's dark". But if blindness is caused by no signals going to your brain, then your brain receives no information about it being dark. So there could be a difference. If blind people did see black, their pupils would probably be permenantly dilated, no?

You can see light and dark.. And, sometimes a shape of a human/other objects.. Well, the blind person I know can.

Well, then he's not so blind now, is he?

[Ryuku]

I wonder if blind people actually see black, or if they don't see anything at all... The difference being, if you close your eyes / stand in a dark room, your eyes tell your brain "there's no light here, it's dark". But if blindness is caused by no signals going to your brain, then your brain receives no information about it being dark. So there could be a difference. If blind people did see black, their pupils would probably be permenantly dilated, no?

Blind people see nothing but white. It's not one of the colors mixed with eyes (or something like that, which I think are red, blue, and green).

[Lady_Maha]

As I said earlier, we can't exactly determine what those born blind see, but most people who went blind due to accident or illness after being able to see previously describe what they see not as white, but as black, which makes perfect sense. White is a mix of all the colors, so in order to see white they would be able to actually see color too, while black is the exact opposite. So common sense would tell us that they do indeed see black.

Interestingly appearently a lot of blind people can still determine the difference between light and dark, while others see absolutely nothing.

[Deathwish]

Black is the absence of all colour.

[Sneaky]

No, white should be the absence of all color. Look at it in paints... if you mix a bunch of red, blue, and green paint, you're gonna get black and not white.

[Chewbob]

Paint isn't the same as light.

[newb]

No, white should be the absence of all color. Look at it in paints... if you mix a bunch of red, blue, and green paint, you're gonna get black and not white.

That was so stupid, it was funny.

I'm serious.

"Hey guys, come join me in my computer world! It's real! We can party like the Sims! There are even ways to save your game!"

roffles not lieks u have a any game newez

EDIT: I AM SO SORRY, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT "PAINTS" AND NOT "PAINT"

lose

Edited by newb, 17 November 2004 - 01:00 AM.