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getting it less wrong, at multiple levels

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 5:55pm.

Yeah, sorry, I slipped up. I should never have said that the world is actually colorless (or words to that effect); it was a quick way to make a point but importantly misleading in the longer run. The point is that the world (what seems to be "out there") doesn't have color; we construct that. The world doesn't have black and white either; we (and dogs) construct that too. What would the world look like if we eliminated all constructions? My guess is that that is a question without an answer, ie that there is no "look like" without 'constructions".

Not sure where the confusion about who is creating color came from. Apologies if I somehow contributed to that too. Color is clearly NOT created by the I-function, but is seen by it. That help?

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