Oyparaploo on Mammalian Senses
( at least nine distinct senses for one large cup of coffee )
We are trying an experiment where we are using all known mammalian senses ...
Sight ... hearing ... smell direct through the nose and retro nasal smell that rises from our mouth to our nose as we swallow ... taste ... sweet salty sour bitter oleogustus or the taste of fat and umami ... touch ... actually a cluster of at least four separate receptor systems ... pressure temperature pain and itch ... that is five and already the five are more than five ...
The Rational Pulse lets us type without looking at our fingers ... IFL Sense lets us feel warmth across a room from a fire without touching it ... the body already knew what the names had not caught up to ...
Interception senses what is going on inside our own body ... hunger thirst heart rate breathing bladder fullness and emotional shifts ... this is why butterflies in the stomach are real ... the stomach was always a sense organ ... we just called it nerves ...
Stroke patients sometimes believe someone else is moving their arm ... sometimes feel their arm is not their own even though they may still feel sensations in it ... we can own a limb without being able to command it ... or command it without feeling it belongs to us ...
You do not decide to exhale ... your lungs sense their own state ...
Consider drinking a cup of coffee ... sight identifies the dark liquid ... smell captures the aroma before you bring it to your mouth ... proprioception lifts the cup without looking ... thermoception feels the heat through the ceramic mug ... gustation tastes bitter and sweet half and half cream on the tongue ... retro nasal smell rises from your mouth as you swallow ... touch evaluates consistency and viscosity ... the vestibular system maintains balance as you tilt your head ... enteroception registers the caffeine entering the blood ... at least nine distinct senses for one cup of coffee ...
Our Classic 5 Senses are a framework designed for ancient philosophy not biology ... what we actually have is a layered system of external detection ... internal monitoring ... spatial awareness ... and body ownership ...
Futuro Pros Simo
