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Because red was defined in the example as certain wavelengths.
September 08, 2024 at 23:22
I assume babies can't see color because "Things in the word, and the people around us, also have a say in what colours we see." Since babies don't kno...
September 08, 2024 at 22:07
Does a baby see color?
September 08, 2024 at 21:58
No one is arguing brains can hear without input of any sort. The argument is that no can hear without a brain.
September 08, 2024 at 17:58
The question isn't whether seeing via an electrode, through glasses, through your screen window, or through your naked eye are different. They all obv...
September 08, 2024 at 17:54
If I have a cochlear implant and perceive you say "hello" through my "artificial" means, and I say "Nos said 'hello,'" my statement is true under both...
September 08, 2024 at 17:28
The blind can see if their brains are directly stimulated. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphene Similarly, the profoundly deaf can hear using dir...
September 08, 2024 at 14:55
@"Michael"@"Banno" https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=8066898573347962
September 08, 2024 at 00:19
They actually did a study on the side effects of vaccines and they found that those vaccinated were immune to more diseases than those not vaccinated.
September 07, 2024 at 23:35
I read that lockjaw was just a lame excuse, much like "I have a headache."
September 07, 2024 at 17:28
Homemade ice cream melts quickly and isn't as hard as store bought. Speaking of the 3 wishes I'd make if a naked supermodel genie emerged from an oil ...
September 06, 2024 at 02:49
I'm really not softening on my stance. It is what it is.
September 05, 2024 at 21:04
I'm not doing it. Try as you might to persaude me, I'm standing firm. This is a hill I'm willing to die on.
September 05, 2024 at 19:16
You can make a low calorie strawberry ice cream. Mine will be full octane.
September 05, 2024 at 18:39
Close to home. https://www.wgal.com/article/apalachee-high-school-barrow-county-georgia/62055981
September 04, 2024 at 21:02
Only under the condition we never tell him he's adopted.
September 04, 2024 at 03:07
I went to Sam's Club and got a a huge box of oatmeal and more strawberries than any man ever ate. Barb, with her relentless plaid hair, drew me into t...
September 04, 2024 at 02:44
This reminds me of a movie I never saw, but it always is chosen as a contender for most disgusting movie of all time. It's called the Human Centipede,...
September 01, 2024 at 17:43
They have split hooves, but they don't chew their cud, so they are not to be eaten. Makes perfect sense when you don't think about it.
September 01, 2024 at 17:35
Thank you for the worm update. I too have read up on worms, and I learned the reason professional bass fishermen don't use live bait is because t's to...
September 01, 2024 at 01:41
https://youtube.com/shorts/yE9a2h5ZRqA?si=BUuPGkwWqMMtmsYV Evidence it means what you think it means.
August 31, 2024 at 23:31
With all Isis has done for us, do you feel she gets the respect she deserves? https://youtu.be/FdBRLV6PGro?si=RveNK9cX93z8izyw
August 31, 2024 at 19:43
I try desperately to save the planet, but all she sees is her cooler full of worms. The most difficult part of naming worms is that most prefer the la...
August 31, 2024 at 17:24
I got my worms in yesterday and I've put them in a cooler with a bunch of dirt and rotten tomatoes. There were 500 lively little critters. It took for...
August 30, 2024 at 19:05
Please dear sir, you shouldn't take mere credit for inspiring, but you should take full credit for all that I am. I am but the dirt beneath the worm's...
August 30, 2024 at 18:41
I thank you for your most gentlemanly expression of your day. What a delightful life you lead, filling my mind with the images of your existence that ...
August 30, 2024 at 17:03
Under federal law, she's entitled to time and a half for overtime, but these sorts of unapproved extra hours are strictly forbidden in the employee ma...
August 30, 2024 at 09:59
This is real guys. It's happening. Look up in the sky. That bright light is in fact a champagne supernova. Oasis is back!
August 28, 2024 at 00:03
Really good question. The auto insurers are largely footing this bill in personal injury cases. The GTLA (Georgia Trial Lawyers Assn) controls the leg...
August 27, 2024 at 22:22
If solipsism is the only logical conclusion of recognizing some amount of difference between the object and the perception and naive realism is the on...
August 27, 2024 at 21:01
You can read this Georgia Supreme Court case and learn all about this. As I noted that less than 5% paid the full published billing rate, that number ...
August 27, 2024 at 20:10
So what happens in a jury trial in Georgia is that a Plaintiff can submit his medical bills for consideration to the jury. The medical bills submitted...
August 27, 2024 at 20:04
I spake of a pre-litigious time, prior to the fabrication of inflated medical bills and what we might return to those childlike days.
August 27, 2024 at 17:11
I'm circumcised, so I just assume someone had good reason.
August 26, 2024 at 20:44
But this was the subject of the OP. It asks what a Christian would do if he were to learn that Jesus was but an ordinary man. If we are convinced that...
August 26, 2024 at 18:59
"? Church members believe that "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of fles...
August 26, 2024 at 13:00
I know the Mormon view of the trinity is distinct in that they believe it to be 3 separate beings, making it a polytheism. It can be argued that the t...
August 26, 2024 at 04:15
Just read "How to Start a Worm Bin" by Henry Owen. I ordered 500 red wigglers and I feel I now know enough to start some composting and to build a goo...
August 25, 2024 at 02:38
There are literally hundreds of Christian denominations, if not thousands. You'd be hard pressed to explain why Mormonism fails to fit the general def...
August 25, 2024 at 02:22
Seemed that way too me too
August 25, 2024 at 01:04
Was this one?
August 25, 2024 at 00:53
Does the mildew smell nauseating when no one is smelling it? [ There is no nauseating mildew in a box unsmelled? One can never order a box of nauseati...
August 25, 2024 at 00:39
Shout out to @"Baden" for the hospitality provided to the visiting Georgia Tech fans.
August 25, 2024 at 00:09
These comments are inconsistent. The first states the visible spectrum is light. The second states the visible spectrum is biologically created. The f...
August 23, 2024 at 22:55
I spoke at the annual Bar meeting and all they had for me was free yogurt parfaits for breakfast. They still asked me for a refund.
August 23, 2024 at 11:52
Brooklyn is pretty much like the Monterey wine country. You can't go wrong with whatever subway stop you get off. Just find a corner, enjoy your wine,...
August 23, 2024 at 01:54
My dad used to pay me to shut up. I can give you the rates for that.
August 22, 2024 at 12:18
The 1950s portrayal of rebellion: razor stubble and the lack of a collar.
August 21, 2024 at 12:22
Interesting. The just desert for a desert.
August 20, 2024 at 13:01
Those videos have the feel of the original Twilight Zone series, with that sort of over-acted, too serious, something is off feel. And they dress the ...
August 20, 2024 at 12:30