tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post1741129864842869122..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: Colorblind-friendly games and the free marketMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-56680497520930782412011-07-15T21:09:52.976-04:002011-07-15T21:09:52.976-04:00You want to live in Lewiston?You want to live in Lewiston?Natehttp://congressshallmakenolaw.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-3449360506708175642011-07-15T00:29:07.426-04:002011-07-15T00:29:07.426-04:00The reason I play video games is so I can transiti...The reason I play video games is so I can transition to living in an alien world.Michael Hawkinshttp://forthesakeofscience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-39805717874516344712011-07-14T12:23:03.888-04:002011-07-14T12:23:03.888-04:00The question is, would you want color therapy? Wou...The question is, would you want color therapy? Would the ability to tell certain colors apart be worth the transition to living in an alien world?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-26589931411912721602011-07-14T07:48:36.607-04:002011-07-14T07:48:36.607-04:00There was suppose to be entertaining HTML coding a...There was suppose to be entertaining HTML coding around that middle section, but apparently WordPress will have none of it. So I guess pretend [nerd] and [/nerd] surround my middle paragraph.Michael Hawkinshttp://forthesakeofscience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-34972053626350813232011-07-14T07:47:16.093-04:002011-07-14T07:47:16.093-04:00Well, here's another thing we have in common. ...Well, here's another thing we have in common. In fact, I am also red-green deficient. But there's hope for us. In 2009, researchers used gene therapy to cure color blindness in squirrel monkeys. <br /><br />When opsin genes have a mutation, they affect the wavelengths that our rods are able to absorb, whether it be in our long, middle, or short wavelength rods. This happens because the excitation of a particular protein (G-protein) is dependent upon opsin reaction with photons. Replace that defective opsin gene, thus creating the correct opsin protein, thus properly exciting the G-protein, and you've fixed your color blindness.<br /><br />As for the video game industry, I can see them responding to colorblindness because a not insubstantial portion of the population actually is colorblind. Estimates usually come in around 5%, but I suspect it's much more like 10% because many people simply don't know. In fact, I had been going to an eye doctor for 6 years, not to mention all the check ups throughout school, before anyone bothered to tell me I had been failing those Cambridge Color Tests.Michael Hawkinshttp://forthesakeofscience.comnoreply@blogger.com