Is my color “red” really your color “blue”? Yes most people can agree that the color of grass is roughly the same color of broccoli and fresh leaves. And most can agree that they’re all green. But what if what I see when I think of green what you see when you think of orange. Could peoples color wheel be rotated with respect to one another’s?

Based on research, I found that in the past most scientists argued that we most likely all see colors the same as our brains have a default way of processing the light that hits cells in our eyes. Recent experiments have changed this. Now scientists are saying most people see colors differently, but that doesn’t change the way the color of the sky or of grass makes us feel. Our experiences come into play with this and affect our brains perception. So basically, what I see when I see “red” could be what you see when you see “blue”.

(https://www.livescience.com/21275-color-red-blue-scientists.html)

The question of fate is one brought up by people very often. Did I meet that person for a reason? Was I did meant to be? The question of does everything happen for a reason is one I have questioned for years, and something I decided to research. Overall, there are two sides to look this question from; from a religious view and from a scientific view. As religious views vary between different religions, I decided to analyze this question from a scientific view.

In my research, I found that it all comes down to the probability of deviation from genetic fate as the norm. We all share 90% of our genetic makeup with the other primates, meaning that we have a very small margin for human freedom. Modern brain scans show that unconscious activity occurs a few seconds before the conscious activity arises in other areas of the brain. It appears that the subconscious mind decides first, even when we think we’re making a conscious choice. In this case, fate resides in our subconscious programming. So yes, some aspect of fate is real but not completely in the way some people might think.

(https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/09/17/is-fate-real-2/)

Everyone has different preferences when it comes to food. Many people are considered “picky” eaters because of they tendency to not to like certain foods. But why do we dislike certain foods? I found that in fact your preference of food changes over time and is shaped by culture, family, and life experiences. Our sensitivity to taste is genetic unlike how you feel about a certain flavor. There are tree main ways we learn to like or dislike certain flavors. These include flavor-nutrient learning, taste-flavor learning, and social learning.

Flavor-nutrient learning is where we learn to form positive associations between the flavor of a given food and what the food does to our bodies. Taste-flavor learning is where we associate a given flavor with one we already like. Social learning is that we like what our friends and parents like. These three factors all lead us to all individually to like and dislike certain foods. It’s like a finger print, everyone’s different.

(https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/the-complicated-reasons-why-you-like-some-foods-and-hate-others.html)

I honesty have never known the difference between effect and affect, and when to use each. I use these words many times a day in both talking and writing but never know if it should begin with an “a” or an “e”. Because of that, I decided to look up what each mean.

After my research I found out that affect means to influence someone or something and is most commonly used as a verb. Effect means the result or impact of something and is most commonly used as a noun. There are exceptions though. Effect can be used as a verb meaning to produce.

These two commonly mixed up words can lead to confusion as they did to me. In conclusion, being educated in their definition and when to use each can clear up the unsureness many have on these two words.

(https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/affect-effect/)

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton