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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 27 June 2014 05:23:24PM *  1 point [-]

Train a blind from birth person in your technique.

Hand them a braille readout of the neural activity of someone looking at a tomato.

Would they now know how red the things look to a sighted person?

Comment author: Punoxysm 27 June 2014 05:53:52PM 0 points [-]

Yes, they could easily tell the distribution of color receptor activation.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 27 June 2014 06:14:20PM 1 point [-]

Not what I asked.

Comment author: Punoxysm 27 June 2014 06:26:19PM 0 points [-]

Then what are you asking. Please, precisely define what it would mean to "know how red the things look".

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 27 June 2014 06:33:16PM 1 point [-]

Look at a tomato.

That's how a red thing looks.