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Humans also sense radiative heat from a distance. The only difference explicitly stated in the article is degree of sensitivity not a new sense.
by ebg13 7y ago
Humans also sense radiative heat from a distance. The only difference explicitly stated in the article is degree of sensitivity not a new sense.
- sombremesa 7y agoBut it can be a nuisance.
- wintermutesGhst 7y agoI think degree of sensitivity, discrimination, or directionality can warrant counting a 'new sense'. I would consider my sense of thermoreception to be different from that of a snake's heat-pits, or hearing to be a different sense from feeling vibrations.
- frandroid 7y agoAs the article about epistemology posted yesterday mentioned, at some point, a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind.