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:::Am I right that he wasn't blind since birth? [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 16:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
::::I'd bet that too - otherwise how could he know that this 'color' is blue and not pink? If you'd never seen blue or pink they be just arbitary labels. Assuming Nil Einne is right (and it seems very likely) then this is just a case of [[synaesthesia]] - which is a rather well-known phenomenon, even in sighted people. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 20:05, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
::I linked this article before, but you might find it interesting in this regard. [http://discovermagazine.com/2002/jun/featsight] It illustrates that even when a blind person regains sight the brain is having trouble interpreting what it is "seeing". [[Special:Contributions/76.97.245.5|76.97.245.5]] ([[User talk:76.97.245.5|talk]]) 17:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
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