Ok, you get me thinking for minutes trying to figure out how many nanometers the peak of the frequency was and what RGB value and HSV value my mental example of “sky” uses. Then I watched the video, dead sure I’d be able to spot both differences easily, being surprised and frustrated when i couldn’t, chose one and going all hindsight bias making me sure it was the right one, get surprised and confused when i were wrong, notice I were confused, and right now I’m damn close to actually grabbing the RGB value from the images and making some rationalization about how the RGB standard and monitors were designed by westerners and thus it’s only indirectly I’ve gotten western colours. Another part of me is staring to wonder if I’m just hallucinating not seeing any bands in the rainbow to preserve my self image.
Up voted for making me think, and giving me some well needed actual practice of rationality.
I was sure that I had picked out the different square, only to find I was wrong. Looking back, I can’t see any difference, really (and I suspect the original one I saw was due to a shadow on the screen). Nevertheless, the scientists do say that there is a difference between the square the Himba picked and the others. Some people can see weird things, like the polarization of light, so it’s not a stretch to imagine they are more sensitive to different aspects of light than we are, and less sensitive to things like hue. I really wish the clip explained what the difference they were seeing was.
If the Himba were to design a color wheel, I wonder what it would look like.
They’re screwing with you a bit; the first time they show the full-screen wheel, the yellow-green is on the upper left, the second time it’s on the upper right.
Ok, you get me thinking for minutes trying to figure out how many nanometers the peak of the frequency was and what RGB value and HSV value my mental example of “sky” uses. Then I watched the video, dead sure I’d be able to spot both differences easily, being surprised and frustrated when i couldn’t, chose one and going all hindsight bias making me sure it was the right one, get surprised and confused when i were wrong, notice I were confused, and right now I’m damn close to actually grabbing the RGB value from the images and making some rationalization about how the RGB standard and monitors were designed by westerners and thus it’s only indirectly I’ve gotten western colours. Another part of me is staring to wonder if I’m just hallucinating not seeing any bands in the rainbow to preserve my self image.
Up voted for making me think, and giving me some well needed actual practice of rationality.
… any help sorting this out? I’m kinda stuck.
I was sure that I had picked out the different square, only to find I was wrong. Looking back, I can’t see any difference, really (and I suspect the original one I saw was due to a shadow on the screen). Nevertheless, the scientists do say that there is a difference between the square the Himba picked and the others. Some people can see weird things, like the polarization of light, so it’s not a stretch to imagine they are more sensitive to different aspects of light than we are, and less sensitive to things like hue. I really wish the clip explained what the difference they were seeing was.
If the Himba were to design a color wheel, I wonder what it would look like.
They’re screwing with you a bit; the first time they show the full-screen wheel, the yellow-green is on the upper left, the second time it’s on the upper right.
Oh. >:(
… still got it wrong thou.