Imagine This

[coberst]

Imagine This

Imagine that you and a thousand other people lived deep in the jungle of Africa. Imagine further that every one of you had been born colorblind and none had any idea what color was. Imagine further that you were an exercise nut and discovered, quite by accident, that if you performed a certain sequence of exercises you developed color perception.

What would you do?

If you tried to tell the others what would they do? Would you be able to convince any one of them to follow your example? How would you explain to them what you had accomplished? Would they eventually kill you like the Athenians did Socrates?

[ChuckF]

First.

It would be very difficult, almost impossible to explain your discovery to them. But if you cared about your fellow human beings, you would do everything in your power to show them how they can improve the quality of their lives. Some would eventually come around, but most would think you were crazy. No prophet has been honoured in his own land. Unfortunately there are more un-evolved people than there are evolved. You would have to wait for them to evolve to the same degree as you or near enough. Or simply leave them to their ignorance and go off with our newfound knowledge and live a rich, full life. Or write a book and hide it somewhere to be found in a few hundred years.

[Ymir's blood]

* Ymir's blood liked it better when it was a cave instead of a jungle.

[Doctor X]

Originally Posted by ChuckF

First.

. . . and you just expect a NBL?

--J.D.

[Shelli]

Imagine This

... never having to put another coberst thread on ignore.

[naturalist.atheist]

Originally Posted by coberst

Imagine This

Imagine that you and a thousand other people lived deep in the jungle of Africa. Imagine further that every one of you had been born colorblind and none had any idea what color was. Imagine further that you were an exercise nut and discovered, quite by accident, that if you performed a certain sequence of exercises you developed color perception.

Is this autobiographical?

What would you do?

If you tried to tell the others what would they do? Would you be able to convince any one of them to follow your example? How would you explain to them what you had accomplished? Would they eventually kill you like the Athenians did Socrates?

If this is autobiographical you have conducted the experiment and you have your answer.

[coberst]

Originally Posted by Rose

It would be very difficult, almost impossible to explain your discovery to them. But if you cared about your fellow human beings, you would do everything in your power to show them how they can improve the quality of their lives. Some would eventually come around, but most would think you were crazy. No prophet has been honoured in his own land. Unfortunately there are more un-evolved people than there are evolved. You would have to wait for them to evolve to the same degree as you or near enough. Or simply leave them to their ignorance and go off with our newfound knowledge and live a rich, full life. Or write a book and hide it somewhere to be found in a few hundred years.

I have posted this idea because I have been trying to engage the curiosity of the readers about such matters as CT (Critical Thinking) and self-actualizing self-learning with little obvious results. I thought that perhaps they might begin to comprehend such things if I presented this color blind idea.

By the way Rose, what is a lovely lady like your self doing in such a den as this.