I’m sorry Mags I sort of derailed your thread. Tetrachromacy is actually really interesting, as is anything to do with visual perception. Can you explain to me, in a way that I might understand, what the difference is between that and normal sight? Yes, I agree it’s a bit of a challenge.
Tetrachromats see over 9+ million more colours than those who aren’t tetrachromats, which enables the tetrachromat to see colours within the colour of an object (where others would only see that one colour) due to having an extra/4th cone that causes the phenomenon, which is caused by a genetic mutation… mainly in females.
Colours pop out at you, and sometimes swirl across the object, which is quite a psychedelic experience because of that. I have no idea what use it has in humans, but it has a mesmerising effect, as the mind seems to be taken up with translating this multitude of colour variation within the object.
Does this genetic mutation tend to come as a package with other genetic mutations and traits, as is so often the case? For all I know, I might even have it.
Tetrachromacy was common for mammals to have so that might explain why some humans retain it even if it serves no purpose
Given how it was generally common within the animal kingdom it may once have been a required function necessary for survival
Was the intensity of sunlight less relative to what it is now or was it as a consequence of a specific diet or is it something entirely random
It largely became extinct in humans which means that evolution did not require the characteristic to be replicated in any significant way
Would have be an advantage to predators seeking out prey whose defence mechanism was camouflage
Also to those able to differentiate between lethal and non lethal species who had very similar features
Lol… I’ve been to some fun parties over the years, but I did go with friends, so that might be why… it might not have been so much, if I had gone alone.
You can’t meet anyone if you don’t go out… as they say.
You do not have to go out anymore to just meet someone because the whole world is at your fingertips
Now one cannot guarantee success but in terms of sheer quantity there has never been so much choice
Though eventually you need to meet someone in the flesh but just not straight away unless you want to
I am not sure that the odds on meeting fewer of them in real life are actually any more favourable
So you take a risk either way or else remain single forever but that is a decision only you can make
Better to find someone through a common network or social circle, then you may know a little about each other… at the very least, which is a better starting-point than not.
The only thing left is to hope ‘the feeling is mutual’ as there’s nothing worse than a one-sided attraction.
Meeting someone is the easy part, meeting someone you like… not so much.