Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Thinking about how smell might have developed is kind of cool. Some mutation allowing cells to detect smell (something modern science is kind of puzzled by) then just sending those signals to the brain and saying, you figure it out.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 5 days ago
Isn’t smell just particulate matter hitting receptors not dissimilar to how taste receptors send taste signals to the brain? I thought science had this stuff nailed down now?
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That’s what they theorize. How do you prove it?
el_abuelo@programming.dev 5 days ago
Science shit?
I dont know…but I wouldn’t say that’s a good reason to doubt it, for example I don’t know how they proved black holes exist but they seem pretty confident.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ok, if it’s just particles how does you knows distinguish thr particles on a molecular level. This is important shit. The closest science can do is gas chromatography and that’s an instrument which exists in any reputable lab. Gas chromatography is a far cry from the simple function the our sense of smell can distinguish just by simply introducing a fragrence.