[Biology] Have you ever thought about what it might be like to have more senses?

I remember once reading a particular science fiction series that attempted to do just that. Thing was it involved more than one new sense.

This is the description of that sense...

What “phaz” is

° It’s essentially a vibrational‑chemical sense that lets a Thranx detect minute changes in the composition of the air, humidity, and even the electromagnetic fields generated by nearby organisms.

° Because the Thranx communicate primarily through pheromones, phaz works hand‑in‑hand with their smell‑based language, giving them an ultra‑fine‑grained picture of who (or what) is nearby, how “healthy” a habitat is, and even the emotional state of other creatures.

Have you given any thoughts on a different sense than our five senses?

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

It's easier to imagine some new input translated by our existing senses than an entirely new sense. Like we for example imagine echolocation, the sense is vision but the processing works by another principle. Yet we will never know how exactly animals perceive it.

I think that a lot of things we try to imagine as a new sense falls under the haptic sense category. Like feeling vibrations, pressure, humidity, warmth/cold, even balance. But I'm not sure if we are capable of imagining an entirely new sensation.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@CrazyMusicLover Well I actually am imagining both the new input and sense.

How? Think of a bat. It's hearing is only in a higher range. Yet that range itself could be a different input than normal hearing.

Pretty much the difference between tastes and smells. Both are chemical senses rather than wave length senses.

Bats can locate anything with their hearing. The location sense is a new sense.

BTW blind people can sometimes do so. Just not as accurately as bats. Ultra sonic range makes better judgements. It's a tighter wavelength. Like sunlight is even more tighter.

Going the opposite way into the subsonic would be more blurry. Again because it a longer wavelength. Yet the depth would be far greater. See whales as the example.

Going on the chemical senses you have ants. And again their perceptions are more sensitive than ours.

New senses are not as hard to understand as your making it.

Notice I haven't gotten into combinations of these as well.

CallMeSoph · F

We already have more than 5 senses 😂

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@CallMeSoph Well that is what most think. 🤷🏻‍♂

CallMeSoph · F

@DeWayfarer still makes it wrong

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@CallMeSoph Please read some of the other conversations on this post. I do give examples.

Pfuzylogic · M

I have always thought of communication by sharing the electromagnetic waves off of our brains. The signals would have to be amplified for transmission so a head set would be used. You could direct thoughts or even share dreams.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Pfuzylogic could see how that might work. Yet what can be amplified on one end can be boosted on the other end as well.

Pfuzylogic · M

@DeWayfarer True a receiver.

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