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Blinded by the Lights August 27, 2006

Posted by TimTheFoolMan in color blindness, Science & Technology, Technology.
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Color blindness sucks.

Let me rephrase. Being “red-green pastel color-blind,” along with roughly 10% of the male population, in a world where color vision is assumed, really sucks.

traffic light

To elaborate further, what really sucks is that so many of the components of everyday life in the United States demand usable color vision. It’s not just a matter of convenience, it’s a matter of safety. (more…)