That is very interesting, although it raises the old philosophical condundrum of whether your red and green, when you have them, are the same as mine (who am not colour-blind), or how much are they alike, despite the fact that my red and green are never confused with each other. Perhaps the hardware that does the qualia is the same, and doing what it can with limited data.
I heard of a blind man saying that although he had never seen the color red, he imagined that it must be something like the sound of a trumpet. I think that’s a pretty good metaphor for a vivid, pillar-box red. (Googling just now, I find the story is from Locke’s “Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, book 3, ch.4.)
That is very interesting, although it raises the old philosophical condundrum of whether your red and green, when you have them, are the same as mine (who am not colour-blind), or how much are they alike, despite the fact that my red and green are never confused with each other. Perhaps the hardware that does the qualia is the same, and doing what it can with limited data.
I heard of a blind man saying that although he had never seen the color red, he imagined that it must be something like the sound of a trumpet. I think that’s a pretty good metaphor for a vivid, pillar-box red. (Googling just now, I find the story is from Locke’s “Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, book 3, ch.4.)