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snowflake
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Posted : Jul 26, 2005 22:01
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I've just watched a BBC show on the phenomena called Synesthesia. It's a condition when ppl sences are trigered by other sences. eg, some ppl see certain colours when they certain words or generaly connecting between sounds and colours. Some even connect between the sound of certain words and certain flavours (the name of show was "Derek tastes like earwax"...)
Funny enough in the 60's they blamed it on Hallucinogenic drugs...
But today they say that maybe this phenomena is the tool that enabled us to develope verbal communication.
Interesting stuff IMO...
you can check this link for more info:
http://www.undergrad.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~acgaudet/synesthesia.html
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Pavel
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Posted : Jul 26, 2005 22:53
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I met a Dutch guy in Boom festival that said that has this condition since he was born. I kinda envy him. Sounds like a very useful thing to have.
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floatyhippyflower
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Posted : Jul 27, 2005 00:53
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Horizon is my fave show, this documentary is so good. I've seen it a few times.
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s0ft
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Posted : Jul 27, 2005 18:50
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Pavel
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Posted : Jul 27, 2005 20:57
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Yea, he has remarkable memory and highly developed musical skills. Or so he claims...
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traveller
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Posted : Jul 28, 2005 15:24
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it's just a disorder.. sure as hell has nothing to do with intellectual/mathematical/other skills
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jul 28, 2005 16:32
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floatyhippyflower
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Posted : Jul 28, 2005 18:09
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I totally agree with you here. We're all part of the same human behavioural spectrum, but some people experience these things in a more pronounced ways than others.
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Marquis
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Posted : Jul 29, 2005 08:21
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