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Do flavors correspond to colors like timbres do?
by calcnerd256 17y ago
Do flavors correspond to colors like timbres do?
- jerf 17y agoI speculate, since I haven't got access to any more information than anybody else, but probably not. Remember, the tongue's ability to "taste" is actually quite limited; most "flavor" actually occurs in the nose, which this won't affect at all. It's faintly possible that some hypothetical future device could do something with flavor, but it is another scale of engineering difficulty since it would almost require that you are physically releasing molecules, as in, "fuel". It's at least conceivable, since it's a myth that certain flavors are isolated to certain parts of the tongue, but I'd expect that by the time we had the nanotechnology chops to pull that off, we'd have real artificial eyes, and quite possibly real artificial optic nerves, leaving the number of people who would want such a device quite low.
- calcnerd256 17y agoI only meant in the context of eating something after using the device. I'm assuming seeing with the tongue would put one in a state of mind more ready to accept sight on the tongue, so I wonder what colors would do right after that. I guess it's also worth wondering if fizzy drinks would feel like tv snow.