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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sundiver on November 03, 2003, 03:39:05 PM
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How many other people on the boards are Synaesthetes?
I'd always assumed till very recently that everyone saw colors in words and could smell green and taste purple. :confused:
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Most of us have to take LSD to experience such things. Stop whining!
MRPLUTO
:eek:
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Synaesthetes
isn't that a type of mushroom?
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I like tasting the pink.
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Ya know. I should of known better than attempting to ask a serious question on here. Consider it a closed thread. Thanks.
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Wow... interesting affliction. I've never heard of it before.
I don't have it.
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YES,
I'm not one
Yes,
I have no idea what you are talking about
Man, you have issues, tasting color jeeeeessss
:rofl
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The condition of synaesthesia (from the Greek syn [union] and aisthesis [sensation], in which a stimulus received in one sensory modality gives rise to an experience in another, has been known to the scientific community for nearly 300 years and yet has remained relatively unexplored.
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ya i read about it ...
like they see the word Blue in the color blue when reading it even in black and white print.
also sometimes things have colors associated with them like the number 9 could always be green.
very unique condition and mostly heriditary.
sounds kinda confusing as a kid to have while learning and such.
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kind of like the joke/oddity where there is a list of words (the names of colors) written in different color text. and trying to say them corectly without mixing the color name and color of the text
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Originally posted by Sundiver
How many other people on the boards are Synaesthetes?
I'd always assumed till very recently that everyone saw colors in words and could smell green and taste purple. :confused:
People on acid have these sensations.
George Harrison ( Beatles) once said , when he first took acid and played his guitar, he could see the sounds of his guitar.
John Lennon wrote: "Listen to the color of your dream" based on acid experience.
Basically, like others said, these are believed to be the brain "cross-connecting" sensory input.
I've never heard of it naturally acuring before, but I can see how it's possible.
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Originally posted by NUKE
I've never heard of it naturally acuring before, but I can see how it's possible.
yeah .. look it up ..
the article i read i think was in readers digest.
REALLY interesting stuff especially if you know anything about it or have experience with drugs (like you mention)
to be honest im almost envious of not being able to see these vivid images in everyday life.
makes me wanna go try acid or shrooms or peyote.
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Originally posted by JB73
yeah .. look it up ..
the article i read i think was in readers digest.
REALLY interesting stuff especially if you know anything about it or have experience with drugs (like you mention)
to be honest im almost envious of not being able to see these vivid images in everyday life.
makes me wanna go try acid or shrooms or peyote.
Well, please trust me on this.... you do NOT want to try any of these! These are mind altering drugs that you have NO control over and they can be VERY frightening experiences that you cannot control. DO NOT TRY any of these!@
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I find Mr Blacks constant references to dolphins and bending over somewhat arousing.
Does that count?
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I never knew this was a "condition".
If it refers to JB73's description, then I do this all the time.
Associating words with a color:
The word "monday" for example... I see a copper color.
Tuesday = blue
Wednesday = orange-red
Thursday = violet/deep purple
Friday = gold/wheat
Saturday = black/grey
Sunday = yellow
Music does that for me as well. Hear a song and it throws me right back to the place where I was when I experienced the song in the first place or when it made an impression in my mind. Thats a different subject though. Research has already explored the sensory/memory connection. Smell being the greatest.
Some friends and I have discussed this thing that we thought everybody could do. Well, that makes three "speshul" people I know :) It's not as strong as, say, hearing a certain note and tasting something or smelling music.
Actually, I dont even think it should be a condition. If they see the word "blue" in the color blue, then they'd first have to associate the word with the color. How would you know what "blue" was if you never learned it? The english word "blue" isnt the same as, say, the Indian word for blue (I havent a clue what that would be). It's not universal I dont think.
[edit]: psst, vulcan... here's (http://forums.checksix.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=928&PN=1) some better examples![/edit]
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And also, NUKE, I dont think it should be a question of "should I try acid/shrooms?" it's "when will I try acid/shrooms?"
I'm guessing you had a bad trip or something? :)
mind opening stuff =]
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That crap put my buddy in the hospital with heart palpitations. FYI.
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Sandman, read the "The Mind of A Mnemonist" by A. R. Luria. He explores the phenomena extensively.
"The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks shares many clinical tales, all fascinating, although he doesn't explore your interest extensively.
My favorite clinical tale (Oliver Sacks) was one from the aphasia ward. Global aphasics are incapable of understanding spoken languages. If you could somehow remove all body language (facial expressions & etc), then a global aphasic would be unable to understand you.
However, global aphasics are usually very intelligent and understand everything (and more) that is said to them. They read body language. You can have entire conversations with them and never know they suffer from aphasia.
Anyway, Dr. Sacks was walking past the aphasia ward and was stunned to hear roars of laughter. They were listening to a Ron Reagan speech and they were reacting to the false tones and cadences of his voice.
curly
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Sorry to hear that Tarmac. Was he in a safe, controlled environment at the time?
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No. Dumbarse drove himself to the hospital tripping out, wondering when his heart was going to stop. He's lucky to be alive, both from the drugs and the car ride.