If everyone's children from now, and forever were born blind, would society no longer believe in color?

Question

Someday? How long would the word of their ancestors about "color" last, before we had color atheists?

Answer 1

How can you compare the physical properties of electromagnetism with irrational notions of a supernatural being? Do you not see the fallacy in your argument? Electromagnetism exists. It can be measured and detected without the need of eyesight. God is the main character in ancient myths and cannot be detected by anything other than the vivid imagination of humans.



Try again, only this time try a bit of rational thought first.

Answer 2

A spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. The variable measured is most often the light's intensity but could also, for instance, be the polarization state. The independent variable is usually the wavelength of the light or a unit directly proportional to the photon energy, such as wavenumber or electron volts, which has a reciprocal relationship to wavelength. A spectrometer is used in spectroscopy for producing spectral lines and measuring their wavelengths and intensities. Spectrometer is a term that is applied to instruments that operate over a very wide range of wavelengths, from gamma rays and X-rays into the far infrared. If the region of interest is restricted to near the visible spectrum, the study is called spectrophotometry.



In general, any particular instrument will operate over a small portion of this total range because of the different techniques used to measure different portions of the spectrum. Below optical frequencies (that is, at microwave and radio frequencies), the spectrum analyzer is a closely related electronic device.

Answer 3

Is this your lame attempt at explaining why God/gods spoke to everyone in the past, but no longer do so today, unless it is labeled mental illness??



Even if everyone from now on was born blind, that wouldnt take away from the fact that we have tools that can measure unseen wavelengths of light, which are different colors. Yet, we have thus far been unable to design a tool that measures your God. Go figure.

Answer 4

Well, there is, currently, documented, scientific evidence for the ability of the human eyes to perceive color: massive amounts of evidence from a variety of different scholarly sources confirming its existence. This is something religion does not have, as you are trying to draw a link between color and God not being seen for a long time.

Answer 5

Well, I'm going to play along, and not talk about other ways to measure color.



If we could not perceive of color in any manner, then over time, we would no longer have any reason to believe that colors exist, since they would have no relevance to our lives. Since god also has no way of being perceived, and has no measurable affect on our lives, there is also no reason for us to believe that god exists.

Answer 6

how would you explain color to an entire population of people who cannot see? What difference would it make if they "believed" in color or not. It would be a useless word.

Answer 7

Setting aside the unlikelihood of this situation, then yes, the scenario you paint seems likely to me.



As a metaphor for atheism, it is pretty stupid. Par for the course.

Answer 8

Color is understood on levels besides just being able to see it. It's based on an understanding of wavelengths, and other understood phenomenon.

Answer 9

i think everyone would be more focused on building a new society, that revolves without eyesight, and people wouldnt be able to picture other things, or even imagine colour, so yeah

Answer 10

We cannot hear certain sounds.



Yet we've found ways to measure them.



We also measure light that we cannot see, of course...



None of our senses specifically deal with time, and yet we understand and measure that...



Atheists don't ask for physical experience as evidence. We merely ask for evidence.

Answer 11

So, what you're doing is stating that the general loss of our ability to sense colour (which hasn't happened) is similar to the general loss of our ability to sense God (which never was). Hmmm...

Answer 12

We would no longer be able to PERCEIVE color. However, it would still be electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum, and THUS NOT BEYOND MEASUREMENT. Knob.

Answer 13

"color atheist"???



Do you realize this translates to "Color without God"?



What does that even mean?

Answer 14

They will think up anything as a comeback. As long as it's a cutesy pie little answer that makes them sound like they know what they're talking about. (even though they haven't the slightest clue)

Answer 15

Haha, I don't know--I hope you realize that this doesn't really relate to religion very well.

Answer 16

Do you believe in the air we breath?

Answer 17

I think we'd all be dead from traffic accidents. What is it, green or red? Ahhhh!

Answer 18

good point