If you lived in a world full of blind men...?

Question

And there were only select few other men who could see (along with yourself) How would you feel to have blind men describing the color red to you? What do you think I am likening the situation to in modern terms? If you answer correctly you get ten points. if you are the first answerer...

Answer 1

A blind man cannot have the same terms of reference as the sighted man. Although he may come close to a description, because he lacks the quality of sight, he cannot know entirely what the colour 'red' actually is. Therefore, his assessment of red lacks something that the sighted man already knows to be true. It would feel nonsensical for a blind man to tell the sighted ones that he 'knew' what red is.
I think you may be likening the situation to several things. At a guess, I would think that you believe that a select few people see something accurately, while many others do not. What that is, I do not know. I would guess that it may be something to do with your belief as to how the world operates in some way.
By this I mean that perhaps a small group of people know that their version of reality is correct, based on their knowledge of a thing (rather like seeing 'red' for what it actually is rather than a haphazard attempt to understand 'red' without the necessary ingredient required to see red in the first place).
Perhaps you see that anger is completely foolish because you see it for what it is - an ultimately destructive force, despite supposed benefits (in the short-term) in some cases.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

to think outside of the box. blind men describing the color red would be objective. the blind men have no reference. In likening the scenario to modern times, I would say that our loyal solders and Marines in Iraq are the blind men with the American top government officials among the select few who are sighted.

Answer 4

I think that you are talking about the Bush administration. A bit of a knock on the president and his policies. The color red may be symbolic of his war policies?

Answer 5

What you're describing sounds like Plato's Allegory of the Cave (if I even remember the title correctly. It's been years since I read it).

Answer 6

I would liken it to many of today's Christians trying to describe creation, the meaning of life, life and death, and God.

They are sure of themselves, but really don't have a friggin' clue.

Do catapillers tell each other, "You will never be a butterfly"?

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Answer 7

i thought of a story when i read your question .

once a person was explaining about his stomach pain to his blind friends. he told the cause of his stomach pain was due to taken milk of cow. the blinds asked what colour was it . he told it is white. they further questioned him what do you mean by white. he told them it was white like crane. then they asked him what was crane. he bent his hands like crane and showed to his blind Friends. then the blind friends told him that if you take such a abnormal size food then certainly your stomach would be affected.

Answer 8

In the realm of the blind, the one eyed man is king !

Answer 9

Death and blood because men are the ones that started all the wars.

Answer 10

Death and Blood and Opium.
Cyanide and Happiness.
Love and Hate.
Poppies and Pommegranites.
Organs and Ordeals.
War and Fortune.