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To add to that, I would say that we can't actually remember smells all that well, if at all. Its a pretty big stretch to remember the smell of hamburger, yet w
by shepardrtc 11y ago
To add to that, I would say that we can't actually remember smells all that well, if at all. Its a pretty big stretch to remember the smell of hamburger, yet we can all recognize it in an instant.
Without the ability to remember something specific, its hard to effectively define it so that others can know exactly what you mean.
- hodwik 11y agoI'd argue that the memory of a smell is as visceral as the memory of a color or sound, which is not very. The difference is that smell is so much more powerful in reality that we see through the memory-representation for what it is, an empty placeholder. When we smell fresh bacon in the morning, that experience can be all-encompassing. The same is not true for the optical experience of the thing. With colors and sounds we are merely less aware of the qualitative emptiness of their mental objects.
- Frondo 11y agoNot sure about others, but when you said that I tried to recall the smell of a hamburger and found it immediately very easy. I'm also hungry, and I can remember all kinds of food smells with ease right now...wonder if that has something to do with it, heh.