{"id":20429,"date":"2018-12-15T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=20429"},"modified":"2018-12-15T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T13:51:00","slug":"famous-philosophical-thought-experiment-marys-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/20429\/famous-philosophical-thought-experiment-marys-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Famous Philosophical Thought Experiment Mary\u2019s Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mGYmiQkah4o\" width=\"425\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cImagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? 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