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Re:Why Your Roses Smell Nice by varjag on Saturday June 17, 2023 @06:03PM (#36375152)
It could possibly be ancestral from some specie that relied on flowers in a more direct way.
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Re:Why Your Roses Smell Nice by JoeAltmaier on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:44AM (#36379005)
Rainbows then? A pretty rock? A lone tree on a remote hilltop illuminated by a sunrise?
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Re:Why Your Roses Smell Nice by varjag on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:04PM (#36381462)
These are definitely higher order experiences (requiring perhaps consciousness) that have nothing to do how your olfactory nerves were once wired.
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