Re:Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius from mo...
by ashark on Thursday July 14, 2016 @01:35PM
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Not literally blindfolded, but with cups of soda with no information about which was which. Not something I've practiced, but I've tried it out a couple times after I noticed by chance I could do it. Definitely works, not even difficult. And I say "what?" to the question "do you smell that?" often enough that I doubt I've got any general special ability in that department.
> Second, assuming you can indeed tell the difference, you're assuming smell and taste are one single axis. You might be good at differentiating only certain kinds of molecules.
So possibly I'm a soda-only super-smeller/taster. Ha, there's a handy skill. :-(
Second, assuming you can indeed tell the difference, you're assuming smell and taste are one single axis. You might be good at differentiating only certain kinds of molecules.