May, 2008

Virtual Certainty Around Us

There are over 1200 religions on this planet… who is right? You?

Religions today have evolved over over time…have these religions arrived at their final perspective today?

What makes your version of that religion the final perspective of that doctrine?

Has the religion you are familiar with ever evolved since its inception? Do you think it will ever evolve again?

Earth is flat?
Earth is the center of the universe?
Is our solar system is the center of the universe?

The only certainty we have in life is science, death & uncertainty.
Our understanding of science, death & uncertainty is constantly improving.

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Here are some quotes about empirical truth

“Any other truth is just based on speculation!”
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“Dogma is an enemy of truth!”
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“Truth always wins over dogma if rules of logic are allowed into the discussion!”
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Human Limitations To Smell

We know for sure animals smell better than us, and that our sense of smell changes with our age. Dogs for instance are able to detect scents that go unnoticed by us.

There is a big part of our existence that goes unnoticed because we are not able to detect all the smells out there. Yet, just imagine if we could, our world will be such a smelly place that we may get sensory overload and we may be overwhelmed by the experience. 

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Human Limitations To Taste

While most people can taste different flavors like sweet, sour, spicy, salty there are people who have a highly evolved sense of taste, and are able to differentiate minute differences in additives in any food.

Wine coinsurers and cheese experts consider themselves people with a highly sensitive tasting ability. People from different parts of the world have different tolerances to the type of food they eat. Some people like their food spicy while others prefer their food moderated to enable them to enjoy the subtle differences within their range of how much spice their tongues can handle.  Then of course there are people with different diets, the vegetarians have no idea what the world is like living as a non-vegetarian person. And there are people on this planet who wonder how much people are missing out in life not having tasted their beloved delicacy of roasted spiders. The list goes on.

Some people live to eat, while others eat to live. Do people experience their world differently based on their ability to taste?

What about the other substances around us that we cannot possibly eat, like crude oil, barks of trees, chemicals etc, are we missing out on the full experience of life if we have not tasted everything?

Obviously, our tongue has its limits of experience while the world exists with thousands of tastes beyond our human experience, human tolerance and ability to detect with our small range of tongue taste buds.

For an interesting article about taste click here.

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Human Limitations of Touch

Here is what most people can sense when they touch: Hard, Soft, Smooth, Rough, Vibrations, Hot, Cold, Grit, Paste, Electric, Sharpness and much more.

What they can’t sense by touch is color, substance (glass or metal), smell etc. Also we are limited to experiencing touch only relative to our size. We cannot for instance feel fine holes in materials, or detect minuscule temperature difference or small difference in material type.

More about touch can be found here.   

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