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> Why is that? They answer your question: “the sweeteners stand out to me as disgusting.” There are some people who sense different flavours differently. Thos
by krisoft 3y ago
> Why is that?
They answer your question: “the sweeteners stand out to me as disgusting.”
There are some people who sense different flavours differently. Those who preceive cilantro as soapy is a famous example. Makes sense to me that for some artifical sweeteners would taste off too.
Plus our sense of taste is affected by all kind of psychological associations. (For example many people preceive “expensive wine” more flavourfull than the same liquid branded as “cheap wine”.)
- stavros 3y agoBut if their decision was only based on taste, how can this discussion affirm it?
- krisoft 3y ago> how can this discussion affirm it? Imagine something always tasted vile to you. So you decide to not consume it, but you see that others are consuming it. Then you learn that some signs point towards it being unhealthy. Would that make you think "I knew it! I tasted the poison" (aka affirming your initial decision) or would it undermine it in your opinion?
- stavros 3y agoNeither, it would do "it always tasted bad to me, and, unrelatedly, it also seems to be bad for you".