Exactly

So the only logical conclusion is that polar bear fur "is" white, because it "looks" white and how it "looks" is our only way of perceiving what we call its "colour"

Posted By: Old Git on July 12th 2010 at 11:55:48

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Discussion (General Chat) - dionlovesit, Jul 12, 10:08:12
- 'stumbled' can you ask yourself if they're going to have message board awards again? (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 12, 10:48:32
- Ask them how come polar bears are left handed. (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 10:45:18
  - Myth apparently (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:49:47
    - Ambidextrous polar bears! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 12, 11:23:33
      - They are the tits. Can't believe some cunt would go and shoot one. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:33:35
    - Horseshit. No fucking way have polar bears written a website. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:51:02
      - Polar bears' fur is actually clear, it appears white due to reflection off of snow, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Jul 12, 10:54:02
        
        That is bollocks (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:08:24
        
        actually same is true of the mahoosive polar bear skin that's displayed in the Scott Polar (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 11:23:09
        
        As I explained below (or rather looked up) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:25:27
        
        yeah, but QI got there before you (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 11:38:42
        
        So they always look white then? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:33:28
        
        Objects don't really have an attribute called colour. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:48:27
        
        Exactly (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:55:48
        
        Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:59:22
        
        The sea looks blue (sometimes), but it isn't though is it? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:42:00
        
        I do hope dear old uncle Hugh didn't eat the bear's liver. (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:11:45
        
        I do hope that some of the Git family got to try polar bear meat. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 11:11:21
        
        Their thick undercoat and guard hairs are pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:59:36
        
        This ^^^ is why you'll never see a white polar bear in the zoo (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 10:57:50
        
        So if you sat one on a tartan rug it'd look like a Bay City Roller? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:57:41
  - No they just sit on their left so it feels like some other paw saps hand (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 12, 10:49:35
  - i thought they had paws not hands? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 10:47:30
- Wroth is the font of all knowledge (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 12, 10:43:39
- How do they explain the toothy grins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Buckscanary, Jul 12, 10:25:00
- I've got a question about the philosophical application of the concepts of wave-particle d (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:11:27
  - These iphone apps are getting silly now (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jul 12, 10:17:41
  - go on then (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Jul 12, 10:16:09
  - What is it then? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:13:31
    - I haven't really, I just made it up to look clever. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:16:27
      - Shame (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:18:06

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