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Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colors

Posted by michael on from the rhyming-with-orange dept.

somberlain writes "BBC has an interesting article about people who hear colours and see sounds. Luckily I don't have this medical condition: but which sounds do you want to colorize?" This is an old story, but just reading the woman's descriptions of her condition make it worth linking.

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  1. It's called synaesthesia.... by crucible · · Score: 5, Funny

    and can also be chemically induced by the consumption of LSD.

    1. Re:It's called synaesthesia.... by rizzo420 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "There are three side effects of acid. Enchanced long term memory, decreased short term memory, and I forget the third." - Timothy Leary

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  2. looks like... by Zapper · · Score: 0, Funny
    Gives a new meaning to the phrase:

    "Your stereo looks like shit" .

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  3. Great... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now Ted Turner will want to go around colorizing old Benny Goodman records.

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  4. I wish I had this condition by spudwiser · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could save thousands on drugs. When you start hearing code and seeing machine cycles, though, it's time to slow down.

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