On the other side of the fence, the grass
is always greener - assuming the lawns
are in fact identical shades of green.
The perceived boost into and up
the greenscale of the audiovisual spectrum
(in the case of green, purely
visual - green is a silent color)
is an optical effect
caused by the fence,
and your relative position
on one side.
If you were sitting on the fence
- but you can't. Not forever. Anyway,
you would observe green here, green there
and conclude: the grass is always greener
on the other side of the fence, but not
in the middle. From here we can see
green has established a mean value
between the prior less green here,
more green there assessment. This
(among other things)
forces us to regard perception
as unreliable - but if we do, we're
FOOLS. Who cares how fucking green
lawns are? I mean yeah, nice effect
nice color over there, but I'm not
going to make a salad out of it - and if I did,
I bet a blind taste test would reveal
zero difference in green, by taste!
People get hung up on these perceived
differences, when in fact, most of them
are assholes.
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