59: Why Ancient People Didn't See the Color Blue

26/06/2022 12 min Episodio 59
59: Why Ancient People Didn't See the Color Blue

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Episode Synopsis

Here's a philosophical question for you. If a color doesn't have a name, can we still see it?  
Many years ago, the human eye evolved to give us the ability to see about a million colors.  
That's a lot.  
Then how come, until very recently, nobody saw or even heard of the color blue?  
Well, it's because blue just -- didn't exist yet.  
Let's find out why.


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