#thats wild yo and i cannot conceptualize it

[firefly-fez]

Them: Hey, do you think we see red the same? Like, how do we know that what you call red is the same as what I call red?

Me, when I still young and naieve: Don’t be ridiculous, of course my red is the same as your red. We can tell when people see colours differently, obviously, otherwise we wouldn’t know colourblindness is a thing!

Me now, many years later, post-ADHD diagnosis: Not only is our perception of colour different depending on eye colour and gender, every single sensory experience can be perceived differently depending on one’s unique neurobiology. Your smell is not my smell, your sound is not my sound, your taste is not my taste, your touch is not my touch, and no, in all liklihood, your red is not my red

Them: …

Me: THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHICH OF OUR EXPERIENCES ARE TRULY UNIVERSAL AND THE UNIQUE PERCEPTION AND THOUGHT OF ANOTHER’S MIND IS AS STRANGE AND UNKNOWABLE AS AN ALIEN PLANET IN A FAR OFF GALAXY