How do I know my eyes see what they are really seeing?

Question

What if my view of a dog is different from yours? Could I be seeing what I think is a shitzu when really the same dog you are seeing looks like a poodle?

Is green really green? Or is it my pink that you think is green?

Answer 1

impossible

no

yes

no

Answer 2

people see things differently. one person mite see someone as funny another person mite see them as annoying. :l your choice kinda?? :)

Answer 3

Laughs*

well when i was young i used to think the same.. i guess ur thinkin tooooo much differently...

nice though

Answer 4

Pink is pink to the human eye. Unless you are colorblind, you will see all the colors like any other person does. About the dog, you might be looking at it from a different angle, or your brain is concentrating on the similarities between the Shih Tzu and the poodle, so you will think that you are seeing a poodle.

Answer 5

I've asked myself that question before, but in the end it probably doesn't matter because everyone's mind is different and i think it's probably just the way you have come to learn of things through seeing like  in some countries they have different ways of swearing with their hands so if you try and give someone the middle finger they might not understand it as a threat, well anyway, i suggest that you just forget about that question of yours and just keep on living life! :)

Answer 6

omg ive been wondering about that question for, like, years now!!!!! but i know that the size and shape of objects we see is the same because our sense of touch tells us that... interesting question!

Answer 7

Sounds a little like M-Theory.

Except, if your seeing differrent colors, that just means one of us is color blind.

Look up M-Theory on Wiki.

Answer 8

They don't and you would not know what and even if you saw.The dog question is unlikely, but possible, because I do not know what a 'shitzu' looks like.  If you told me it is a St. Bernard, I would argue immediately because I know the big dog.  Otherwise I have to take your word for it.  With colors it get a bit tricky.  Your eyes can distinguish, 5 million colors. A tiny drop of water onto a brush of paint, is noticeable.  My green won't be your green, by your pink will be my pink, not green.  It is a learning process. Most lounges have 6 to 7 tables - all different. But still tables, to confuse a blind man like a chameleon.

Peace.

Answer 9

Don't put so much thought into this kind of stuff. You will literally drive yourself crazy!!!

Answer 10

Well I think if me & you were both looking at the same thing & you said it was green & I said it was pink we would figure out right then that one of us isn't seeing right.

Answer 11

We don't know, but we can surmise quite a bit out of the fact that almost every person who looks at a poodle sees a poodle.  And that those who see something else can usually be diagnosed with some sort of ailment.

I understand what you're saying.  You are wrestling with the age-old question of perception.  A big mistake made by the Post-Modernist thinkers is that they sometimes assume a thing isn't the way it is, it's the way it's imagined or described.  You really need to be disciplined in the sort of thought exercises you go through.  Straying too far from reality quickly degenerates into verbal masturbation.  What I mean is, how much can you really learn from saying, "What if purple is really orange?"

Answer 12

Very Interesting lol

But No i think we all see same things.

But Incase get checked up lol Specsaver hehe

Answer 13

That's one of life's great question but I guess we just have to assume that the grass is green and not purple. :-)

Answer 14

I believe this, or very similar subject matter was explored in the movie "The Matrix"

Honestly, even if you were sure what you were seeing is real, studies have shown that you can not trust your memory anyway. You might have vivid memory of someone having a shitzu and go visit them, only to be jumped on by a poodle, which turns out to be the same dog you remembered as a shitzu.

Some french philosopher Henri Bergson dealt with this subject matter also. You might want to look into him.

Answer 15

I have often wondered this myself and  unfortunately I think there is no way of knowing if we do all perceive these things differently.  There is a vast amount of confusion in the use of language, I say one thing and you hear another, so personally I don't see why this should not be the case with colours, or with a multitude of other things as well.

Answer 16

None of us see things exactly the same as someone else.

Try this - stand up, put the joint down and look at something close by, a picture, table, cup, this screen - you choose. Take two steps sideways. It looks different doesn't it!

We use language (visual/aural/written/musical/physical) which is always symbolic of our feelings to try to reach a consensus of agreement. Conflict between people is proof we don't always experience life the same way.

Of course it feels a bit weird. We're stuck to the surface of a giant mass that is floating about in space in an energy form that is a bit hard to describe.

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live." (Douglas Adams)

"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more." (Terry Pratchett)

Read them both - you may not understand more but at least you will laugh.

Our lovely planet and the universe and everything has powers that we have no control over and, mind open, we see all sorts of colours and creations. Enjoy them. Keep thinking!

Answer 17

It may be. But it doesn't matter, as long as we both point to the same thing when identifying a dog it irrelevant what we actually, physically perceive. Nurture, not nature is the key to known existence.

I know what you are getting at and I think that our minds, bodies and the world around us are intrinsically linked. Our physicality gives depth to our perception our minds alone cannot fathom.

I think because I interpret things I perceive and my interpretation is based on prior perception, without said perception I wouldn't be able to have those thought. Descartes had it the wrong way round, you have to 'be' before you can think about it.

Answer 18

The laws of physics are the same everywhere; the wave length of green light doesn't change from person to person, nor do dogs change breeds!

Answer 19

it is all pschological effect

from your emotions...you'll have different point of view

Answer 20

You need glasses.