Perception Definition and 134 Threads

I asked a question similar to this a while ago but I couldn't get a straight answer; I think because of the way I worded the question so I am going to try again because I am really curious about the answer. I have read that a distant observer will see an object slow down as it approaches a...

Hello everyone, I'm trying to put together a computer program that will convert codes into sounds that can be quickly and accurately picked up by the human ear. For instance, it needs to take "0048" and turn that into a sound, that will be different from "0049" or "1148", and a person...

For some people there seems to be something which is color that exists outside of electromagnetic radiation. As the typical question goes "Is your red my green?" I don't understand the argument though. If we look at what we mean by color the only thing we can possibly say is: "Well when my optic...

It seems like a growing trend for shows now to focus on characters who are critical thinkers and atheists (as opposed to, for example, in the 90's, when it was cool for characters to be psychics, or angels, ... or some other sort of paranormal type thing). So just wondering what everyone here...

Hi there, This is not a homework question. I am currently conducting a visual perception experiment with a professor. We are trying to find out how duration of a sound presented concurrent with a visual stimulus affects the localization of the visual stimulus which participants have to...

I had a thought about this earlier, and it seems to make sense to me right now but maybe someone else has some input. The idea is basically that wherever there is perception, there is a duality. Perception can be any sensory input also. How are we to examine the thoughts of a person, the...

Ok, so have little philosophy background other than a few undergrad classes so I apologize if this is just plain ridiculous. This is a scenario I have pondered for awhile now and I wanted to see what everyone else thinks. [begin scenario] A simple scenario; two children in preschool (child A...

Very interesting: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051026082313.htm

thought it would be cool to put this here to get some input from other people and possibly people who have a much beefier academic record than myself :p Basically my thesis for my philosophy course: we can only know reality from experience and perception. my arguments are: humans have a...

What is morality, really? Each person would have a different set of morals, I suppose. So if I think gay marriage is right, but a majority doesn't, do I have bad morals? How do you define good morals anyway?

Our perception of what a galaxy looks like is inherently skewed given that the immense size of the galaxy itself provides a lopsided picture. If viewed from any angle other than directly head on, the closest point of the galaxy will be a much more recent picture than that of the far end, by...

What is an object (I will use the term here to signify a coalition of matter and energy)? It seems that most do not contemplate the question; the understanding of what an object is, for most, is subconscious and never comes to the forefront of their minds. A child will point out at an object...

Hi, I am new to the forum and I've been wanting to ask others about time perception but haven't gotten to it until now. Ever since I was little (and my sister used to have it as well, but neither of my parents), every once in a while time seems to speed up in my mind when I know time isn't...

I've heard this a lot - that you lose depth perception when looking out of only one eye. So I have to ask - is this true? When I try it everything looks exactly the same to me. :confused:

Hello, Nowdays I'm getting confused about what happens when our perceptions are not the same as the other? As it has been discused before in this forum, Two objects can never be exactly the same as the other, which is completely logical. As a result the perception of two different human...

If nothing can travel faster than light.Then i am confused as to how i am able to perceive light seemingly the instant i open my eyes.Is the speed at which i can perceive comparable to that of light?Shouldn't the matter withwhich my brain is constituted not significantly impede the...

Essentially, research is now showing that time IS a subjective thing. For example, there is the often held notion that time passes faster as you grow older. Scientific experiments actually seem to be showing that hypothesis to be partially true, in part due to declining dopamine levels in...

ive done a test were, i get someone to try and distinguish to lines that are 0.25mm apart from varying distances. then I am going to do some kind of calculation to tell me somthing (hopefully) and i have done this experiement in different light levels, controlling the lux. and i have...

here's one for the physics buffs... at the first stage of the perception of light, a photon(s) bleaches/is absorbed by rhodopsin in the retina, breaks apart and an intercellular cascade occurs. a photon is an individual particle, right? so when we perceive light, can we only perceive it as a...

hi all one basic question in physics aroused owing to my poor memory. i vaguely remember that there is a difference in the colour of the object we see in reality and that generated by a television or for that matter any artificial source of light. 1) Now how does our eye perceive these (...

I like some colors and you may be some other. But is it possible that you and me are liking the same colors, but have different names fot it. The wavlength that produces a sensation of red color in my brain, is producing the sensation of green color in yours and that which produces red in you...

Conservatives are criticizing bush increasingly. What is interesting (to me) is that they consider him to be "leading us differently" than 4 years ago. I am curious if this sense that the nature of his leadership is changing, is typical among conservatives. As a liberal, I feel that he is...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. I'm not a physicist or a mathematician, but do try to make sense of the way things work. My question is - is it safe to generalize that sitting on a park bench, watching your surroundings is like watching a movie who's frame rate is the speed of...

When I was about five, I was haunted by a shocking dream. I dreamt (it was more like a feeling than expressed in verbal thoughts) that I am all alone in existence, and is the sole consciousness of the universe. The people around me all mere products of my thoughts. I continued to be haunted...

Survey:What is your perception of canonically quantizing a free field?? The idea came to me when i searched through different QFT books in order to get a unitary picture of this issue,which historically emerged in 1926,i.e.of describing particles through quantum fields.I'm refering,in...

When astronauts travel to outer space, the moon, etc, can their eyes still perceive color?

Theres a plant out there called "Salvia Divinorum". It's legal, and is usually smoked in extracted form.. It's a perception altering drug. I frown upon any kind of drug abuse or abuse to the human body, but this drug is truely amazing as to what it does to the mind, and i believe research...

is it possible that everybody sees different colours but we don't realize because people are taught what colour is what according to things in the world? example, everyone is taught the sky is blue, but what if everybody sees the sky as a different colour, no matter what they see they would...

Here's how I think time works. Our perception of time is based solely on energy and the rate at which it can be transferred. Taken at its most basic unit, it is the transfer of 1 unit of energy across a distance of 1 Planck Length. The velocity is constant at the speed of light. All matter...

Now, I got this from a very reliable source, an encyclopedia to be precise, so I know it's correct and goes according to the Einstein velocity addition formula. My question is, why? Question 1: Is it because a person can never "perceive" something coming at them faster than the speed of...

Hi, I'm looking for some help with a visual art project. Mainly does anyone have any ideas defining the diferences between discernment and duality with perception and an idea of singularity. Thankyou for your help and input.

For the past few thousand years or so, the philosophy of space has occupied a lot of time among philosophers. There is really no argument as to the traditional definition of "space" as it usually relates to volume, being length width and breadth. But the big debate has typically been over the...

When I first learned long ago that huge moon during moonrise is not optical distortion, but pure human mind produced illusion, I was quite astonished. http://www.amnh.org/naturalhistory/city_of_stars/21_full_moon.html It is explained away by fact that for human, atmosphere above seems...

There was a line of debate that was started in the old PFs, but it was never finished, and I'd like very much to continue it. The following is the conversation: You see, I would reply that all Alexander did was give the Scientific labeling of that which we percieve (color).