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No, but it is a sense we use constantly: people instinctively avoid unpleasant odors. It's one of our most basic environment assessment tools and it's always ac
by XorNot 4y ago
No, but it is a sense we use constantly: people instinctively avoid unpleasant odors. It's one of our most basic environment assessment tools and it's always active: we smell things to assess all sorts of properties, but chiefly "is this toxic/a biohazard" is pretty well coded into us.
Forcing someone to consciously suppress that impression upfront is fighting against some pretty basic "am I safe?" instincts.
- feet 4y agoSmells also let us know when people are sick or signal a good match for mates, but deodorant is us covering up all signals without considering those other possibilities. When is the last time smells helped you avoid a toxic human?