/sci/ - Science & Math » Thread #13317631

21KiB, 390x211, five-senses.jpg

View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 06:58:41 2021 No.13317631 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13317634 >>13317650 >>13317653

What is a possible sense that a living being could have but that we don't currently have? Try to describe what you imagine might be the experience of that sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:00:09 No.13317634 Report

Quoted By:

>>13317631
Elektromagnetism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:00:17 No.13317635 Report

Quoted By:

magnetoreception
a slight pulling sensation in the direction of magnetic north

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:04:23 No.13317649 Report

Quoted By: >>13317662

Echolocation though I guess you could think of that as expanded sense of hearing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:04:23 No.13317650 Report

Quoted By:

>>13317631
The ability to sense magnetic fields. Some organisms already have this. I imagine it would be like an internal compass similar to our already present sense of direction.
Additionally, the ability to sense the polarization of light would be pretty cool. Like Haidinger's brush but more pronounced.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:05:47 No.13317653 Report

Quoted By:

>>13317631
These guys are both on it. Electric eels can sense ambient static electricity. Birds can sense details of the Earth's magnetic field. Both are plausible senses for humans to have, and would be beneficial in modern times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:09:32 No.13317662 Report

Quoted By:

>>13317649
Humans can already do this, it's just not something we're very good at.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:13:16 No.13317673 Report

Quoted By: >>13317684

the ability to sense relative velocity
no idea how it would feel

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:13:33 No.13317674 Report

Quoted By:

A while back a man experimented with being able to sense magnetic fields. He wrote an app that would vibrate his fitness tracker whenever he was facing magnetic north. After a period of time, even with the fitness tracker turned off, he was able to sense magnetic north even in locations he hadn't been before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Jun 2021 07:16:17 No.13317684 Report

Quoted By:

>>13317673
Relative to what?

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

Your latest searches