It was wiser to let reality speak for itself. Scientific experimentation does this for the physical world. Jerry thought non-contradictory inductive reasoning could do the same for nonphysical phenomena such as the mind. In 1966 Jerry obtained a college degree in science. He began teaching in 1968.
Empirical science rests on the idea the physical world is out there.
Though not seriously contested, that idea has not been properly established until now. The color paradigm provided a way to explain that the physical world is separate from one s awareness of it. Later, we learn quantum theory suggests there is no outside reality. A deeper understanding of reality must reconcile these contradictory views. Seven days after the student asked the color question Jerry had a profound experience.