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Radio 4,17 Dec 2015,12 mins

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#Thedress - How a dress from Birmingham became the year's biggest talking point as people debated which colour it was - dark blue & black or white & gold. For some, the debate suggested an existential crisis over the nature of sight and reality, which could go as far as harming interpersonal relationships. Others expressed their dismay at the triviality of the whole dispute. Was discussing the dress a huge waste of time, or did we learn something in the process?

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