Dennett proposes that it is possible Mary could experience color by gently rubbing her eyes and accidentally creating a color phosphene. This is something Jackson did not take account for while Mary is starring at a screen all day. ... Dennett voids Jackson's argument that one can only experience color through seeing the color face-to-face, and points out that Mary could have possibly experienced color through rubbing her eyes hard enough, through dreaming, and by even observing how her fellow humans reacted when seeing color. ...

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