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Originally Posted by N0B0DY  You can't be 10 if you're 20, and the absolute universe would have to absurdly be both, so I justify that the absolute universe is neither - the universe is not a human.
I noticed, though, that you mentioned white is composite and that blue, yellow and red are intrinsic. It reminded me of the proposed intrinsic properties of the electron, which are now being considered as relativistic. So perhaps you might elaborate on this point here to explain why these colors above are independent. |
If we both agree that the overall picture is based not on the whole, but on the parts plus the sum of the parts, then I think that covers pretty much what we all are trying to say. The parts can be absolute parts, but the whole cannot be absolute. The universe is not singular; the universe is made up of gazillion parts that are whatever they are.
For me, the starting point is the universe. And for each pyramid the starting point is the name tag we place above it. In the case of the pyramid of color, I find at the corners the specific colors. How could they not? The pyramid is called 'color' so that's what's there. The surprise is not that the colors are independent, but that white is not; it is a bright distinction based on the parts that help create white. And right underneath white, within the pyramid we find gray, as the more honest representation of the collective colors.
The universe is because the universe is. Except that the universe is not singular, but rather 'is' all parts at the same time. And if we compare that state to white, then we can seriously consider the universe to not exist onto its own, but we cannot say that of the parts; they really are what they are (whenever they are).