New sense discovered in dog noses: the ability to detect heat

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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