What would Wittgenstein say about that dress?

February 28, 2015 21:20

"What colour is that dress?" The question has been fascinating people all around the world, including Prof Barry C Smith of the University of London's Institute of Philosophy.

We all assume that we see what's before our eyes, and if we have normal colour vision we should be able to tell what colour the dress is.

And yet we've just discovered that the world of observers divides into two groups -- those who see the dress as white and gold, and those who see it as blue and black, or blue and olive green.

They know they are looking at the same image and that it isn't changing, so why is there such marked disagreement about how the dress looks?

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