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laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
7. I want to see into the ultraviolet, dammit!
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:07 PM
Jun 2012

Birds, insects, and even turtles can do it, so why can't I just get gene therapy to see light at ultraviolet wavelengths?

It explains why Mom was so good in choosing socks, I could never match socks gordianot Jun 2012 #1
Here is a graph. Swede Jun 2012 #2
Strawberry and magenta Confusious Jul 2012 #25
I'm the opposite... I'm colorblind... 6502 Jul 2012 #29
I would think it would be fairly easy to find such people Silent3 Jun 2012 #3
Some fighter pilots such as Chuck Yeager were know to have superior vision. It might be worthwhile AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #4
As I understand it, only women can have tetrachromacy. laconicsax Jun 2012 #6
Sharpness and colour perception are determined by different mechanisms Posteritatis Jun 2012 #19
The tetrachromats would all be women. Geoff R. Casavant Jun 2012 #5
I want to see into the ultraviolet, dammit! laconicsax Jun 2012 #7
Actually, I've heard that some people do see into the near ultraviolet. Silent3 Jun 2012 #10
Because you'll end up looking like this Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #16
I'm pretty sure he only has monochromatic vision. n/t laconicsax Jun 2012 #17
He was going for a shell and missed that too Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #18
Yeah, white and non-white. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #31
He has optical rectitus. chknltl Jul 2012 #26
Just for fun, try taking this color test PADemD Jun 2012 #8
I scored 102 Bradical79 Jun 2012 #13
That's hard! I missed four. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #14
I scored 4...much better then I thought I would do Marrah_G Jun 2012 #15
Woo! Scored 3! laconicsax Jun 2012 #21
174? WTF? NickB79 Jun 2012 #23
I scored an 8, which ain't bad, I guess. nt Nay Jul 2012 #27
That's the same test they had over at Huffington post last week. Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #30
109 for me n/t guardian Jul 2012 #32
It looks like the cone for red is highly polymorphic. Jim__ Jun 2012 #9
I think it would depend on the mutation. laconicsax Jun 2012 #11
My thought is that the mutation that causes color blindness in men probably peaks ... Jim__ Jun 2012 #12
Our red-green discrimination is an evolutionary kludge. hunter Jun 2012 #24
RadioLab just did a show on this... Javaman Jun 2012 #20
This explains how my wife can see through my bullshit. Glassunion Jun 2012 #22
And that's no Bull, . . . Penn ashling Jul 2012 #28
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