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Is Your Red The Same as My Red?

34M views · Feb 17, 2013 · 9:35 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2018–2024

Vsauce explores qualia and whether different people experience colors the same way. It draws on color blindness, Mary's room, the explanatory gap and subjective experience.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN points people to it as an accessible explanation of what qualia are.

“Vsauce did a good video on it”HN comment, 2020

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Recommends0xdeadb00fAug 2019

“wondering what "qualia" actually is, I found an old episode of VSause about it”

Explains what qualia is

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For anyone who read this comment and was wondering what "qualia" actually is, I found an old episode of VSause about it: this video .

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RecommendsbehindsightJun 2020

“Vsauce did a good video on it”

Good video on qualia and subjective color

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You might be interested in the concept of qualia [0] Vsauce did a good video on it, "Is Your Red The Same as My Red?" [1] 0: link 1: this video

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Cites itdanbrucSep 2024

“whether your perception of blue might be like my perception of red”

Whether your blue might be like my red

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I expected this to be about the question whether your perception of blue might be like my perception of red. [1] [1] this video

JokemygoNov 2018
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well different people have different retinas, how are you going to make sure there is a universally agreed representation, of a colored trademark =p this video

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