[ExI] [Extropolis] red

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 21/01/2023 13:28, Brent wrote:
>
> Yes exactly.
> The conscious visual knowledge rendered from one eye uses glutamate, 
> and the knowledge rendered from the other eye is rendered with 
> something slightly different.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 3:17 PM William Flynn Wallace 
> <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Also from Jong:  "Suzanne Kane studies vision in peacocks; she has
>     a slight difference in her color vision in each eye, so that one
>     gives her a slightly reddish tint."
>
>     Explain that with glutamate, will you?   bill w
>


I think conventional, established neuroscience can probably do that.

Of course, the 'with glutamate' part is a bit of a red herring, as we 
know that any other neurotransmitter would do just as well, being simply 
a way for one neuron to give its neighbour neurons a nudge.

(Actually, thinking about it, it's probably not a neurological thing at 
all. The most likely explanation is going to be that the cornea or lens 
of one eye is acting as a colour filter).

Back to William of Ockham!

Ben
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