Is reality what the blind person sees, or fails to see and deduces or what light reveals to the seeing eye?

Answer 1

by "reality" do you mean "the complete nature of what is" or do you mean "what is, within the confines of the physical world"?

it would be foolish for a person who was born blind, to deny the existance of color. in fact its foolish for them to have anyy opinion on the matter, as it is definitionally beyond the scope of their perceptive ability.

yet, if you imagined a world where the vast majority had been born blind, and always had been, with only a minor percentage being able to see... it would not be entirely unreasonable for them to simply discount color as existing or being of relevance.

but even then, it would be arrogant and foolish for them to discount it as being possible.

this is how a large amount of science-minded people act. they are people who were essentially born blind, and deny the possibility of there being color.

the color is there wether they can see it or not.

both realitys are "correct" or rather, neither are incorrect. one is just a much more specific scope.

"reality is" for a person who is blind, definitionally a world without color. and a world in which light is of relatively theoretical existance or relativity, unless they are able to find a way to harness it(which, if were a society that had always been blind... would be very hard, as everything would be tailored with that being essentailly a non-existant thing. you can't think "maybe I can use reflective surfaces to redirect this beam of light" if you can't see the beam of light, or the effect mirrors accidentally have on it.)

but this would only be a sub-focus within the greater reality scope of "all of what is" which WOULD include light.

Answer 2

Remember your physics--even what the eye "sees" isn't necessarily accurate; only reflections of light waves and the absence of those absorbed.

And that is indeed a spiritual answer... :)

Answer 3

No, my daughter's blind and she has developed her other senses in amazing ways. She has some usable vision, but can only SEE what she can, depends on other stimulations to know what it is.

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

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