There's no sense in being able to see the slight color variations in skin if you can't see the skin.
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For a hundred years, we've thought that color vision was for finding the right fruit to eat when it was ripe.Mark Changizi
Evolution has shaped our visual system to be good at seeing the structures we commonly encounter in nature, and culture has apparently selected our writing systems and visual signs to have these same shapes.
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Company logos, for example, are meant to be recognized, and we found that logos have a high correlation. Shorthand systems, which are meant to give a note-taker speed at the expense of a commonly recognizable system of symbols, do not.
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This seems like a bad idea to have two cones so close together. But it turns out that the closeness of the M and L cone sensitivities allows for an additional dimension of sensitivity to spectral modulation. Also, their spacing maximizes sensitivity for discriminating variations in blood oxygen saturation.
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The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
Benjamin Banneker
The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It's not like they're tearing off my shirt, you know.
Tobey Maguire