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They'd all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do. To create a new strain of super-wine in half-an-hour with a fraction of nature's resources and a FOOL for an assistant. 'Bernard Black, he's mad,' they'd say, 'he's insane, he's dangerous.' Well I'll show them! I'll show them all!
There isn't actually a correct answer to this - I just wanted to know what the majority think because it is a matter of opinion.
They'd all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do. To create a new strain of super-wine in half-an-hour with a fraction of nature's resources and a FOOL for an assistant. 'Bernard Black, he's mad,' they'd say, 'he's insane, he's dangerous.' Well I'll show them! I'll show them all!
Genuine story from my teaching days. We got a mixed heritage Aboriginal guy from Aus to take an assembly and talk about his life/experiences.
First question: Right kids, what's better, to be white or black? Points to a kid with hand up desperate to answer: Kid shouts triumphantly: White!
6 teachers put their head in their hands...
He was actually quite good, explaining later to some teachers that they are slaves to the system, spending 25 years in debt to a bank, where as he was quite happy to go "walkabout" for a couple of years without a care in the world.
Not saying he had everything perfect but neither do we.
It isn't. It is the absence of light. It is not on the visible spectrum of colours, as shown by rainbows. True black is very rare. What people often perceive as black is in fact a very dark version of another colour.
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Is black a colour? on 16:29 - Mar 19 by Kropotkin123
It isn't. It is the absence of light. It is not on the visible spectrum of colours, as shown by rainbows. True black is very rare. What people often perceive as black is in fact a very dark version of another colour.
Or black is the surface that absorbs all light and reflects none - such a surface contains all colours surely?
Is black a colour? on 16:29 - Mar 19 by Kropotkin123
It isn't. It is the absence of light. It is not on the visible spectrum of colours, as shown by rainbows. True black is very rare. What people often perceive as black is in fact a very dark version of another colour.
Yep, if you look very closely, Guinness is not black, it is very deep red.
Which reminds me, I had briefly forgotten Guinness is now vegan, so that’s me done for the weekend now.
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Is black a colour? on 18:18 - Mar 19 with 764 views
Is black a colour? on 16:29 - Mar 19 by Kropotkin123
It isn't. It is the absence of light. It is not on the visible spectrum of colours, as shown by rainbows. True black is very rare. What people often perceive as black is in fact a very dark version of another colour.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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Is black a colour? on 22:30 - Mar 19 with 622 views