This only seems magical because you forgot your infantile experiences in doing just those things.
I bet you know what it would feel like to bite into a wooden desk.
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Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
The human brain is amazing and can predict the wildest things. You can look around a room and, without touching a thing, understand what it would feel like to lick random items.
Enjoy!
bstix@feddit.dk 9 hours ago
vector42@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Wait but this is useful.
mika_mika@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
a baby’s mission is to put pretty much everything they can into their mouth. we have trained long and hard to be able to make those predictions!
DrSoap@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It’s probably why the primal brain inside is tempted to “lick it” when presented with a new texture.