This is purely for the sake of argument, not to be taken too
seriously.
Can I prove black is white? Of course I can. To do this we must
first learn a little about the basics of colour before I can
argue the case. If a light from a bulb is white it means it is
emitting all three primary colours, red, green and blue. These
three colours when combined form the colour white. So there you
are, sat in your living room on a dark evening and the white
light illuminates the room.
As you look around the room you see a red object, perhaps a book
with a red cover. What you are seeing is the reflection of the
light from the bulb that is illuminating the room. The book
itself does not give off any light of its own. You see the book
as red because the chemicals used to make the cover absorb the
green and blue part of the white light from the bulb.
As such the book is absorbing green and blue light, only
reflecting the red light. Light is a form of radiation, along
with x-rays, gamma rays, radio waves and radiated heat. Now if
an object absorbs another form of radiation, such as radiated
heat, we say the book has become warm. If the book absorbs
x-rays we would say it has become irradiated. Is it not
therefore logical to say the book has become irradiated with
green and blue light, it is green and blue, we have only seen
the reflected red light.
And so this reasoning can be applied to black is white. If the
book is black, this means it has absorbed all three colours of
the light source. The three colours, red, green and blue, when
combined make white. As such the book has absorbed white and
become white, we only see the remnants of light reflected by
imperfect colours.
So there you have it, the book we are told all our lives is
black, is itself actually white.
This offers some interesting insights. All my life I have been
told that this object is black. Everyone else calls it black and
to be able to communicate I need to call it black too. But from
the book's perspective it is white. It has absorbed white so it
has become white. Take a little time to think how this analogy
might be applied to people, cultures and society. Don't be
obvious and think of racial implications. Think of how you see
other people and how they might see themselves. Think of what
you have always been told is fact and how this might differ from
someone else's point of view.
Open your mind to someone else's perspective. They might look
green to you, but they have absorbed red and blue, so they are
purple.
About the author:
Just another guy trying to get his voice heard here on the
net... Lost Soul
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