On 9/17/2011 18:21, Tim Cook wrote:
> On 2011-09-17 08:47, Darren New wrote:
>> I think asking whether it's the eyes or the brain doing the
>> interpretation is an over-simplified question. :-)
>
> Well, was thinking more about the reception of the direct input from the
> rods and cones, separate any other processing. Sort of a..."is the colour I
> see as 'blue' the same colour you see as 'blue'?"

The different rods are definitely responding to different wavelengths. 
Whether the same wavelengths correspond to the same colors is a different 
and so-far-unanswered question.  I.e., "blue" is the same wavelength for 
everyone, but "blue" is a subjective experience.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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