how do i know that the world i am looking looks the same way as it looks to u?

Question

i have an interesting question. how do i know that the world i am looking looks the same way as it looks to u?

suppose i have some problem since the time of birth and the same is the case with u. say the color red appears to me like green and vice versa. to u, color blue looks like red and vice versa. so since childhood all trees appear red to me. but because i was told to call the color of the leaves as green, i am calling it green. same is the problem with u. now how can i or u know what the world really looks like? how can i know whether i have a problem or not? how do i know that the world i am looking looks the same way as it looks to u? may be ur world is more beautiful than mine.. may be thats the reason y some people like certain things while others dont..

anyone got my question???

Answer 1

I completely hear what you are saying! (took a few times to read it over) You are never going to really know if the world looks the same to someone else....I bet it is very possible that this could be the case for some people if not all of us! This could be the very reason for variations in peoples preferences in "favorite color" or whether someone is beautiful or not... That might be where the saying of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" originated from.......... because they couldn't understand why someone would find something beautiful that they didn't (because what they are really seeing is different and not as pleasant)....I hope you can understand what I am saying....Your question is a very good one with a very good point being made..... things that make you go hmmmm..................

Answer 2

on one extent it is a matter of perception,but color can and defined as a specific wave length of a light. For example for many years the Royal Astronomy in England kept a platinum bar that served as the defining measure of a meter. This was done until it was discovered that the sine wave of the color red exactly met the same measurement. That is the "information based in fact, as society we decided to give this wavelength the name "red" we could have named it anything else. I was (and still am) a prolific reader. When I was was young and starting to read and understand maps, I became upset when I discovered that there was more than one "Oak Creek". Mom took the time to explain it all to me then, but like you this has been a point I have always wondered about. you really want to get me started ask me the difference between Navy Blue and Black.
Bottom line a quick check with an optometrist can tell you if you are perceiving what physics calls red or you have a visual interpretation or perception problem. Good luck

Answer 3

that's nice!!

i used to ask my self this question when i was a kid.
like how sure am i that i see the sky same color u see it,and etc. and then i stopped coz it was complicated to me to find an answer.

i think it could be real. and we all see things in different ways. and that's y we like different things.

but it can't be a big deal if u see green-red and red-green,coz u must be told that the trees for example are green and not red.so u already know u got a problem.

in fact!i don't know what am i talking about!!it's confusing!!

but at the end i say it's a wonderful world even if u or anyone else sees the trees red!!!

enjoy!

Answer 4

your question is well understood because it has occurred to many others also. There cannot be a definite answer to this question. Apart from colour there are other things like emotions, pain, experiences etc which also cannot be conveyed to others in precise terms because-let us be blunt about it-each one of us is an entity put inside a bag called the body and left in this world to be terribly alone as far as these matters are concerned.Pl dont think that i am a psycho or weird because I am making this factual statement. Well, coming back to your question, there are just three options before u.
1. Think of it and understand that these are unchangeable limitations and optimistically and hopefully accept that the common denominator for human existence is similarity of experiences. This will lead u to the conclusion that what u experience as colour, pain etc are all the same for the others too unless u have physical ailments like colour blindness which are exceptional physical conditions.
2.Accept that there is just one universal spirit which pervades every one and hence the experiences like colour, pain etc will be the same for every one as it is just one and not many who experience it. This will lead u to the conclusion that we are all just manifestations of a supreme gross. This is what the ancient religious philosophies also say-refer to The Vedas of Hindu philosophy-Advaita Philosophy.
3.Be restless with this paradox and search for a solution without success- because you can never know how other individuals experience the colour of a leaf even though every one will agree that it is green--green may or may not be green for every one. it may just be 'your red' for your cousin.
I hope u got it ok.

Answer 5

While we perceive things differently, most of our brains will interpret colors and physical objects in the same manner as a survival mechanism. If this were not so, then there would be less competition because those with greater interpretation abilities would have a more complete understanding of the world and the weaker folks would have died off long ago.

Answer 6

I understand what you are saying.

If you've ever had your eyes checked, or applied for a drivers license in the United States, you've been checked for color blindness. You would know then that you do not perceive colors the way the majority of people do.

As for anything else, you are right, we all perceive the world around us differently just because we are individuals, but, we see things the same way closely enough that we are able to understand each other.

Answer 7

That is VERY interesting. IMO, so far as there is no problem, it should be OK for all of us. No one looks at the world exactly the same way, anyway. Well, you know, it is not just the colors. There are a lot more.

Answer 8

It's not subjective.

If you want to test your hypothesis, go jump off a building, run in traffic, or rob a bank. If you think severe physical pain isn't a real effect brought to you by the external world, or that you're likewise in a dreamworld in a high-security prison, you're either very imaginitive or very stupid, but most probably both.

Answer 9

I once thought about the same thing. Now all that matters is not the answer but if I can function in this world despite of it

Answer 10

Because , we as an individual differ from each other in all our habbits ,likeness , culture . What we like other may not like. That's the reason why all of us have a different image of the world before us.