We tend to assume that others experience the world in the same way that we do and it can sometimes be a bit of a shock when we realise that their world is different.
There's some fascinating research being done at Sussex University by Jamie Wild into synaesthesia. This is the 'condition' where people experience the ordinary world in extraordinary ways.
They can see numbers in colour, words can have tastes, sounds can have colours too, as well as days of the week. For example, the sound of a violin may be blue. The sound is both heard and seen, but the colour doesn't replace the sound, it exists alongside it, so is considered as an extra sensation.
And of course, if you've been born with synaesthesia, you have no idea that others don't taste bacon at the sight of a five pound note.
I can still vividly remember having my first eye test when I was about 7 years old. No one had ever told me you were supposed to be able to read the blackboard, I thought everyone
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