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I think the opposite is true - we have too many words. And it's because smell receptors are of such high dimensionality that we literally have to throw arbitrar

I think the opposite is true - we have too many words. And it's because smell receptors are of such high dimensionality that we literally have to throw arbitrary and verbose vocabulary against it to try and describe it. Just listen to the wine connoisseurs describing their beverages.

LoSboccacc 11y ago
Then again blind tests proved wine tasting hogwash http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tas...