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I guess the other option is that nothing is not anything, not even blackness.
When you ask; What is black beyond our perceptions?
The natural question that follows is; To what?
When you ask; What is black beyond our perceptions?
The natural question that follows is; To what?
I am not sure what you are asking.
We experience something for each wavelength in the visible part of the EM spectrum. But when there is no light, we still seem to be experiencing something, blackness. Are we experiencing nothing, heat, a part of the brain, space time, etc?
I am not sure what you are asking.
We experience something for each wavelength in the visible part of the EM spectrum. But when there is no light, we still seem to be experiencing something, blackness. Are we experiencing nothing, heat, a part of the brain, space time, etc?
What I am saying is that perception only exists when there is something which perceives.
So any question about perceptions includes within it the question: Perception by what?
Perceptions are not as if some window to the world has been opened.
Perceptions are something brains create in response to stimulation, or in the case of blackness the lack of stimulation.
My question is more about what nothingness would look like.
Some British painter obsessed with the colour black just bought for his exclusive use the blackest colour humans know how to produce. Other painters have complained. The effect is reported to be very strange, almost completely unlike usual blacks, which are all essentialy shades of greys. Basicaly, you brain fails to make up any reference point within the expanse of black and goes pear-shape. You probably nead to have the experience first hand to believe there's indeed something special. I haven't and I don't really, not much trusting third party reports. It's produce I think using a particular pattern of carbon nano-structure.I guess the other option is that nothing is not anything, not even blackness.
Let's say there is nothing for my photoreceptors to receive for 10 seconds, then what am I seeing for those 10 seconds, nothing?
Let's say there is nothing for my photoreceptors to receive for 10 seconds, then what am I seeing for those 10 seconds, nothing?
Again, you don't seem to comprehend what the visual system is.
The visual system creates a representation of the world. This is what a person experiences when they say they are "seeing".
You experience a representation, not the real thing.
Your brain will create black when there is no light hitting the eye.
No light is no different from "nothingness".
If there's literally nothing for your eyes to see, I think your mind's going to supply something. After my retinal surgery, I became convinced I could see a light pattern that matched the plastic shield I'd seen in the mirror.Let's say there is nothing for my photoreceptors to receive for 10 seconds, then what am I seeing for those 10 seconds, nothing?
Thanks for wasting my time.
The nothing in this case is basically when no physical thing exists that can have an effect on the neurons responsible for giving us a mental image. So imagine X affecting a single neuron to give us a very brief instance of the color green. Now, what happens when there is no transmission to that neuron? We see black.Either the OP is using the world “nothing” to mean a space with no visual stimuli, or he really means “nothing” to mean "total absence of everything within a given space". If the latter, then can ANYONE name an example of “nothing” in nature or anywhere? How would you test what human senses do or don’t detect in “nothing” if there’s no such thing as “nothing”? How would the eyes "see" a something called "nothing"?
I would think it’s weird to really be talking about a real “nothing”, but I don’t know... people bring up some weird shit on this board.
Well, look at the blind spot. The part of your eye where there are no vision receptors. You don't see a dark spot on your vision, the brain just drags the colors around the spot into place, smoothing it over and tricking your eyes into thinking you see something.I My info is that the brain 'abhors a vacuum';...Wherever there’s less input than usual, it seeks whatever it can find and will input something to replace what it fails to find.
In the beginning there was no thin G, which created all kinds of problems for physicists, a few yo' mama jokes, and much ado.I guess the other option is that nothing is not anything, not even blackness.