Open thread, Feb. 16 - Feb. 22, 2015

MrMind

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The proliferation of incommunicable experiences doesn't seem like a good way to solve this problem :)

The interesting thing is studying the process of what happens when you build more of them. It might be possible to systematize the process and then find out something interesting through quantitative analysis.

But on a related note, that's actually a good idea for some Anki cards; learn a bunch of more fine-grained color names and become able to better remember them.

If you want I can send you the deck. My deck has all CSS color names and also finer distinction via hex numbers.

Otherwise I have thought a bit about the issue. Redness is not only a single color but also a dimension. If you take any two colors you can compare them in their redness. You can't compare to notes by how much "C" they are. A note is either C or it isn't.