How can there be black if there's nothing? Not only is there no light, but there's not no light, too. (yes, i purposefully used double negatives.) You're (read: humans) are incapable of contemplating nothingness, because our brains just don't have that capacity. It's designed to see 'something'. It's not clear nor is it black. It's nothing. If you COULD see nothing, then it's no longer nothing. It's something.zee666 post=18.72612.766475 said:
There a plenty of original ideas. Are you saying every writer everywhere has read/experienced every story out there so that everything they put to paper is just a mingling of the universal collective of ideas?Isaac Dodgson post=18.72612.766947 said:
Blood is never blue. It's only red or darker red. Blood being blue while it's inside of us is a misconception. It's actually a bit of an optical illusion because of the way the light penetrates the skin, therefore we see our veins as being blue. Then some guy without a clue ran around telling everyone blood is blue.Rabid Toilet post=18.72612.766919 said:
The idea that black would be the color of nothingness stems from the idea, and common practice to associate black with the absence of all light. In fact the color black is produced when the object does not emit light, or does not reflect any light in the visible spectrum. Doesn't mean that the object is not there, it just means it doesn't have any color. Now it's impossible to produce true black or even true white (closet to black still reflects .045 percent light) It is the idea that the absence of light, of color, of the void that denotes that nothingness would also be this color as well.runtheplacered post=18.72612.766953 said:
Thank you for that, runtheplacered- It is, as others have noted (including you) amazing the ideas some people have. What can be even more amazing is how unwilling some people are to accept that their ideas are flawed (and I don't mean you, Rabid Toilet- I just mean people in general).runtheplacered post=18.72612.766967 said:
Hmm. I think we're not on the same wavelength. You're talking about the absence of light. The original poster of this idea was talking about the absence of everything. Not just light. That means, the absence of the idea of the color black. If you were able to look upon nothingness, then my theory is that it is no longer nothing. It's now something. Perhaps it would be black. Or hot pink with Turquoise floral patterns (which I'd enjoy immensely.), but still couldn't be "nothing" as we've now labeled it "black". Once you've said it's black, it's no longer nothing. It's black!Isaac Dodgson post=18.72612.766977 said:
Right....?Darth Mobius post=18.72612.766978 said:
Totally agree. That really grates on me a lot. Just because the Pussycat Dolls are getting assloads of airtime doesn't make them good (though I won't dispute hotness).MurmurTwins post=18.72612.766990 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_NationGrampy_bone post=18.72612.767003 said:
Because they refuse to sell out and like...um... you know.... sell records and stuff...MurmurTwins post=18.72612.766990 said:
Idiocy in general. It just got a bit off topic for a bit, but we've managed to thankfully re-rail the thread.Blind Punk Riot post=18.72612.766981 said:
