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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by dhosek on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:22AM (#22465756)
It's not merely sensing heat, but sensing weakly radiating heat from a distance. The human researchers could only distinguish the test and control objects by touching them.

Did you actually read the article?

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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by dx87 on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:32AM (#22465859)
All the article says is that the nose of dogs is much more sensitive to heat than other animals, calling it a "new sense" is an exaggeration.
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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by ebg13 on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:40AM (#22465972)
Humans also sense radiative heat from a distance. The only difference explicitly stated in the article is degree of sensitivity not a new sense.
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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by wintermutesGhst on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:02PM (#22467599)
I think degree of sensitivity, discrimination, or directionality can warrant counting a 'new sense'. I would consider my sense of thermoreception to be different from that of a snake's heat-pits, or hearing to be a different sense from feeling vibrations.
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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by frandroid on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:41PM (#22470712)
As the article about epistemology posted yesterday mentioned, at some point, a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind.
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Re:New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect ... by sombremesa on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:42AM (#22465988)
But it can be a nuisance.
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