tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post7845056646242994883..comments2024-03-28T19:14:33.619-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: Checkerboards and Honeycombs in the SunEric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-22687120380917160912007-07-16T09:30:00.000-07:002007-07-16T09:30:00.000-07:00Cool thought about the windows. In the orginal te...Cool thought about the windows. In the orginal text, Purkinje starts by looking at the sun with his eyes closed and his hand held, fingers spread apart, in front of his face -- maybe that's a dimming effect similar to the grimy window you mention (though spreading my fingers in front of my face doesn't seem to have that effect on me).<BR/><BR/>Another person suggested to me that it might have to do with looking through windows with small panes of glass with vertical and horizonal bars between them (a type of window more common in the 19th century). I had the impression he and his subjects were outside; but when I get back from out of town, I'll have a look at the relevant passages again....Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-62262983559643702112007-07-16T03:32:00.000-07:002007-07-16T03:32:00.000-07:00And I see different things. May be it depends on w...And I see different things. May be it depends on what I expect to see (remember from the previous time or have heard from others...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833924487366854011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-17462458944819892932007-07-15T15:02:00.000-07:002007-07-15T15:02:00.000-07:00That's curious. I see orange when I look directly ...That's curious. I see orange when I look directly into the sun. But I see latticework when I look into the sunny sky (not the sun) a few feet back from my window, where the light is dimmer. Could Purkinje and his subjects have been looking at the sun through grimy windows?Justin Tiwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15004961943595375641noreply@blogger.com