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Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by flappyeagle on Saturday April 29, 2023 @01:30PM (#35755036)
We have the visual equivalent by default. You can look at something and make a confident determination that it's "red" or "blue", not just that it's "redder than the color next to it".
Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by eternauta3k on Saturday April 29, 2023 @01:38PM (#35755152)
Kind of, your eyes are doing automatic white balance.
Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by stefncb on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:07PM (#35755464)
We can tell if something is red or blue, but red and blue are huge spectra. That's like telling the first third of a piano keyboard from the second. Even I can do it. Absolute pitch is more like telling exactly what wavelength it is (to a certain degree of course). Most people can't do that.
Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by OscarCunningham on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:11PM (#35755503)
I can hear a note and say whether it's high, low, or in the middle. But perfect pitch further requires a resolution of 1 semitone.
Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by opan on Saturday April 29, 2023 @03:54PM (#35756534)
Have you never argued over colors before? I wouldn't trust eyes to be that accurate or objective.
Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by GuB-42 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @07:08AM (#35761468)
There was once a meme called "the dress" that shows that color perception is very relative. Some people see it black and blue, others see it white and gold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress