Hype Lighter

May 23, 2012

Reading Rainbows

“The rainbow is not a thing: it is a process in which a physical complex is entangled with an observer. Further, the existence of the rainbow depends not only on the presence of some physical conditions and an observer, but also on a causal continuity between the two. This continuity consists of light rays at the right location actually hitting the retina of the observer and setting up a discharge in the brain as long as the physical relationships are maintained. Once these relationships are broken, the rainbow – as a process and as a whole – ceases to exist.” – Riccardo Manzotti, 2006

One Response to “Reading Rainbows”

  1. melissa

    the rainbow as a process. i love that.

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