🤯 “Did you know we have no receptors for wetness? Because we evolved from the water, so why would we need it? The feeling of wetness is a complex computation of touch and temperature. It’s totally produced by the brain”
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“If you’re interested in psychology of the mind, there’s a book called Naming The Mind by Kurt Danzinger …”
“What’s it about?”
“It’s about where we got the idea that the human mind is populated by thoughts and feelings and perceptions. Because that’s not universal.”
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What is this supposed to mean exactly? We don’t have receptors for smoothness or roughness either, and yet…