> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Prestopnik <pjp66259@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
> Date: 12 czerwca 1998 21:03
> Subject: Re: virus: Hail Virus!
>
> >Has anyone read _Island of the Colorblind._ I myself have not, but I
> believe it
> >is a case study by the psychologist Oliver Sack on an island in which
> everyone (or
> >a large majority) is colorblind. A study of the memes common on this
> island could
> >certainly lend credence to your theories.
> >-Paul Prestopnik
>
> I am not sure whether I've read this particular book, since Poles usually
> don't operate on original titles, but I believe it is about this very well
> known island, which people can't tell the difference between colours, apart
> from 'dark/light'. Their language has only those two terms, but they of
> course perceive colours properly.
>
> Please note, that they cannot be really colour-blind because it would make
> them blind absolutely.
I don't know whether you're talking about the same book (it doesn't really
sound as if you are). But it's certainly possible to be color-blind
without being blind.
--Eva