Re:'Olfactory White' isolated: the smell equivalent of white...
by nickbarone on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @04:01AM
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I also wonder what happens if you sit with laurax for an extended amount of time - are you more able to make out the differences?
There's many cases where our senses are "designed" to notice changes, either over time or from the norm - which AFAIK is why you don't generally notice your own smell, and why after a few hours in a meat packing plan you stop noticing that smell as well.
An additional question is whether the naming of different laurax mixes increases your ability to distinguish them - the same way that having names for more colors appeared to literally let you see more colors.
There's many cases where our senses are "designed" to notice changes, either over time or from the norm - which AFAIK is why you don't generally notice your own smell, and why after a few hours in a meat packing plan you stop noticing that smell as well.
An additional question is whether the naming of different laurax mixes increases your ability to distinguish them - the same way that having names for more colors appeared to literally let you see more colors.