A debate about humanity's ultimate adversary
"Do shrimp really see colors more colors than us?"
Is this an error?
No, although I think I didn't explain it very well! While humans have three different types of photoreceptors in their eyes, birds have four and shrimp have between 12 and 16. But it's heavily debated what they experience of this.
Reminds of that story by Exurb1a.
‘We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be okay.’
And even then, we weren’t okay.
Good stuff. Makes me want to write a little syllabus of science fiction, with a seminal work for each one of these themes...
Your best essay yet. Excellent
Man. This one’s good.
"Do shrimp really see colors more colors than us?"
Is this an error?
No, although I think I didn't explain it very well! While humans have three different types of photoreceptors in their eyes, birds have four and shrimp have between 12 and 16. But it's heavily debated what they experience of this.
Reminds of that story by Exurb1a.
‘We’ll know everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll kill everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll forget everything, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll live forever, and then we’ll be okay.’
‘We’ll cling to everyone, and then we’ll be okay.’
And even then, we weren’t okay.
Good stuff. Makes me want to write a little syllabus of science fiction, with a seminal work for each one of these themes...
Your best essay yet. Excellent
Man. This one’s good.