Acids are more powerful than bases for a given tech level. Cf. oxidizers (saltpeter, bleach) v. reducing agents (ascorbic, Zn(Hg))
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what do you mean 'tech level' here?
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ask more questions like this, loving the responses
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I mean they're usually good but the responses here

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Great question. "Acid" goes way back to Latin "acere" but "alkaline" is a loanword from the Arabic "al-qaliy." So one theory is...
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...at least for Western culture, the concept of alkaline was a later introduction, may have stayed scientific/esoteric for a bit.
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Hope that's a rhetorical question because the answer's pretty basic.
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acid is easy to understand in terms of flavors. only thing teachers ever told me about bases was "why hands feel slimy w/soap"
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Yes, easy to taste citric acid, ascorbic acid, acetic acid, all taste sour. High pH foods harder to find, and do they have a common taste?
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