Can absence be present and nothingness exist. I'll get back to you on blue when I figure that out.
On Mar 25, 4:23 pm, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Inspired by the perhaps strange idea of asking if something exists or > not. I ask, does anything really exist at all? Does Blue exist, for > example? > > Now some of us would say that the very thought of being able to refer > to something by a name would be common sense proof that it exists. So > does a general concesus mean that something exists? What about the > color blind? > > Now someone may say, of course there is a color Blue! It can be > measured! Blue is photons oscillilating at 450 nm. But another might > say, that is a paltry existence, a bunch of transient particles > without mass waving about, only to be snuffed out of existance by a > retina. And like the tree that fell in the forest, if the wavy > particles don't hit a retina, are they still Blue? > > Muddling the question further, there are those that dispute Blue is a > color at all. These 'Synthenasist' claim Blue is a taste, a sound, or > perhaps even a feeling. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
