[extropy-chat] Qualia Bet.

[gts]

An atom of phosphorus, I meant, not a molecule. :)

Speaking of atoms, the man credited with giving us the idea said:

"by convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by  
convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void."

-Democritus

This leads me to wonder if qualia are also stress responses.

We feel "hot" or "cold" as a response to temperature stress. Perhaps  
colors are shades of light stress.

Green and blue feel "cool and pleasant" to me. Yellow and red feel "hot  
and alarming". Brown feels "barren". Perhaps this is because my ancient  
ancestors were happiest in plush green forests in good blue-sky weather,  
and because fire and intense heat and sunlight were dangerous.

The green-yellow-red colors used for traffic signals make perfect sense.

-gts