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Is Your Red The Same as My Red?

Vsauce · 34M views · 2013-02-17 · 9:35

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Overview

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.

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HN points people to it as an accessible explanation of what qualia are.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2024

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Consciousness & cognitionPhilosophy & ethicsNeuroscience & the brain
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qualiacolor perceptionphilosophy of mindmarys roomsubjective experience

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behindsight · 2020-06 · Recommendation

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: [VIDEO]

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0xdeadb00f · 2019-08 · Recommendation

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

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danbruc · 2024-09 · Reference

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

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