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Re:The Mystery of S., a Man with an Impossible Memory (2017) by keiferski on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:38AM (#18527027)
In the context of the story and Shereshevsky's personality, it is. To him, a person with extremely strong synesthesia, musical sounds literally have flavors, flavors that are as strong as actual real food to a normal person.

He isn't saying, "Restaurants play certain music to push customers to feel a certain way," he's literally saying that the flavors of music can match and enhance the flavors of food.

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Re:The Mystery of S., a Man with an Impossible Memory (2017) by analogyexpert on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:16AM (#18527430)
It could still be argued that the difference is in degree rather than in kind- that the 'extra bandwidth connecting his senses' allowed him to clearly articulate as sensation a phenomenon much more subconscious in the typical patron's mind.
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Re:The Mystery of S., a Man with an Impossible Memory (2017) by keiferski on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:29AM (#18527477)
No, not really. If you read the book, you will see that his mind was very idiosyncratic and the associations he made were highly unique and imagination-based, and not some sort of heightened sensory input.
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