HUMAN SENSORY PERCEPTION
I was watching pop science star Neil de Grasse Tyson(sp) on television. He was discussing the issue of scientific proof. I've never liked him because of what he did to the Planet Pluto). To paraphrase he said that if you claim to know and your was based the five senses any credible scientific gathering would not only dismiss you out of hand but would not even continue to listen. That if your basis of knowledge was i smelled it, heard it, saw it, felt it or tasted it would be so unreliable as to be unworthy of consideration. Now let us put aside the period where we lack metrics or machines and they only thing we could rely on was our senses. His comment was fair enough.
If I had been there I would posed the following question. If our purpose is to stimulate the five senses then how do we scientifically evaliate that effort. There is only one way to do that Inquire of the subject. Does it taste like butter? Does it smell like rain? Does it feel lite down? Does or look real? Finally does it sound real.
The final step has to be human perception. Did you in fact achieve provoke the desired response. The human is and must be the final arbiter.
On cannot follow a formula for the perfect steak and then try to eliminate the final step. The taste buds. As variable and maddening as that is there is no way around it.
I was watching pop science star Neil de Grasse Tyson(sp) on television. He was discussing the issue of scientific proof. I've never liked him because of what he did to the Planet Pluto). To paraphrase he said that if you claim to know and your was based the five senses any credible scientific gathering would not only dismiss you out of hand but would not even continue to listen. That if your basis of knowledge was i smelled it, heard it, saw it, felt it or tasted it would be so unreliable as to be unworthy of consideration. Now let us put aside the period where we lack metrics or machines and they only thing we could rely on was our senses. His comment was fair enough.
If I had been there I would posed the following question. If our purpose is to stimulate the five senses then how do we scientifically evaliate that effort. There is only one way to do that Inquire of the subject. Does it taste like butter? Does it smell like rain? Does it feel lite down? Does or look real? Finally does it sound real.
The final step has to be human perception. Did you in fact achieve provoke the desired response. The human is and must be the final arbiter.
On cannot follow a formula for the perfect steak and then try to eliminate the final step. The taste buds. As variable and maddening as that is there is no way around it.