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Re:Can we ever really know another person? by azeirah on Sunday August 30, 2015 @04:35PM (#10144419)
> The experience of true union exists

> Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies - all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable.

I'm sorry but what? Can a union of a blind person and a person with sight communicate "redness" to the blind person such that the both have the exact same representation of red inside their head?

If you have anything on this, I would love to read it.

Re:Can we ever really know another person? by gress on Sunday August 30, 2015 @11:59PM (#10145361)
Not responding to the parent but these links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect

http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/378577902/how-to-bec...

Might shed some light on your question.