The five senses are prominent things which our lives revolve around; many are not fortunate enough to have all five senses. All humans who are gifted with all five senses often take it for granted, as these things are a natural part of us when we’re born. However, that doesn’t exclude thankfulness. Those who experience life without hearing, taste, touch, small, and sight face a great feat. When posed the question, “Which sense could you live without?” many people consider their options, which of these do I depend on the most? Which of these are the things that get me through rough days? It is almost a national consensus that most people do not want to lose their sight or hearing, yet those are the two most common senses to lose. So, when given …show more content…
It sounds silly, doesn’t it? On the contrary, it really isn’t. Think of the last time you had a piece of cake, a tall glass of eggnog, or couldn’t put the bag of Oreos down? Why is it? This compulsive eating comes from the satisfaction of taste humans get. Often when eating junk food such as extra cheesy Doritos, the powder on the chip releases a chemical in our brain that tells us to keep going. Horrifying, right? However, not only would not having to deal with taste be helpful in weight control and overeating, it would be helpful in the category of healthy foods. Honestly, when was the last time you had a craving for brussels sprouts, carrots, or that dark, bitter, but ever-so-healthy Romaine lettuce? Not often. Many people go on ‘health kicks,’ in which they get very healthy for a few days or weeks, but often fall back into bad habits. With no sense of taste, there would be no reason to eat junk food, but every reason to eat those healthy greens your mother tried to shove down your throat. If you didn’t like certain meats, vegetables, or fruits it wouldn’t matter, because you would not be able to taste them! Ergo, eating up on all healthy foods, having a diet consisting of nothing other than healthy foods, would lead to a long, sustained, and energetic …show more content…
For instance, if a man, who had no sense of taste, married a woman who wasn’t the greatest cook, it wouldn’t matter. This could also lead to the saving of money, as many couples who aren’t good in the kitchen often eat out and spend their money on fancy restaurants and fast food; this unhealthy lifestyle was aforementioned in that not having taste may prevent it. Many people are put down and degraded because of their cooking skills. Though not all of us want to be master chefs, it still hurts our feelings when we procure something that doesn’t meet the standards. Not only does this go for food, but anything in life. If one were to lose or not be born with their sense of taste, it would prevent the offending of their close friends and family, keeping those, who try so hard to please, colleague’s self-esteem intact. As we all know, self-esteem is a major part of life which often motivates us to make the positive decisions we do. As a result of losing your sense of taste, hurting others and criticizing their cooking or food choice would not be necessary. It would be very simple to keep a smile on your face at dinner time and avoid spitting the over-cooked roast into your
In Buddhism, order of senses is as follow: Sight, hearing, smells, taste, and touch. (McHugh, The Senses). For Buddhists, sight is the sense, which allows one to experience objects at the greatest distance. For example, you can see a river, which you cannot hear, taste, smell or touch. Hence according to Buddhism, sight is the most significant sense among all other senses (McHugh, The Senses). Here in this extract from “Life of Buddha”, suffering and pain from sight of dead body plays a significant role in making Prince Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) realize about the suffering and wretchedness that exists in the world. It makes his mind dejected and forces him to contemplate about the higher purpose of life so as to escape from this samsara - cycle of rebirth and re-death.
In the short story Cathedral, by Raymond Carver, there is a direct contrast between a blind man named Robert, and the narrator. The narrator has full use of his senses, and yet he is limited to the way he sees things, and the way he thinks. Robert however, has a very different outlook on life and how he sees things, as well as the use of his senses. At the end of the story, Robert has the narrator close his eyes to try and get him to experience the world the way he does. The narrator ends up being able to not only see the way Robert does, but he also is able to feel the world in a completely different way. The author suggests that the mind is most important in how people view things, and the judgements we make are based on what we see in our heads, instead of what is really there.
Intervention strategies that enhance information processing, praxis, and engagement in daily life for individuals, populations and organizations
Home is experienced in a multitude of ways using our senses. Impressions of our past and present homes materialize from a familiar smell, sight, feeling, taste or sound. We all live in a multi-sensory environment, where we can use one or more of our senses on a daily basis to absorb our surroundings. However, it is easily arguable that although each sense can conjure up a memory, or imprint a grasp of where we live or lived, certain senses are stronger with the recollection or the feelings we have of our home. If we live in the same home as other people, some of us will associate a certain smell to the home, while others will not; or a sound, etc., that I would not associate with that home. I will be pursuing the reasons why we absorb our environments
Christian Jarrett explains that having 5 senses is a myth. Just by defining the word “sense” we can tell that five is inaccurate. If a sense is a way for the brain to receive information about the world and the body, then we will agree that there are more than five. If senses were differentiated depending on the type of receptors, then that will multiply the number of senses even more. So five senses actually makes no sense.
I tend to view life based on my five senses more than I should… I know you don’t do that, I’m the issue here!
Sight is not only to have a visual image of one’s environment and reality, but to be aware of all connections and use them to have the most broad and open perception. In his essay, Sacks suggests that sighted individuals are blind to reality because people tend to ignore connections within themselves, relying heavily on others. By ignoring these connections, a limited perception is developed, an interpreted reality that does not use all the senses at one’s disposal. With blindness, Sacks describes how these individuals have a more open and enriched reality and environment because they utilize all of the senses. By doing so, “Dennis...had increased his sensitivity to moods in other people, and to the most delicate nuances in their speech and self-expression… He felt he had become far more sensitive to others’ emotional states since losing his sight, for he was no longer taken in by visual appearances, which most people learn to camouflage” (8). Perception is an interpreted reality, but by having literal sight is not to have sight to every aspect and detail of one’s environment. Not using all connections builds an inaccurate reality, an environment that is not truly seen and is brought upon by self-deception. To not see reality, or have perception, is to not see the world and environment at all. Yet it is still possible to share perceptions with someone else, and to become enriched perceptually by another person’s
In “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating” by, Mary Maxfield (pp.442-447), she affirms a bright argument about how food is not moral or immoral. Therefore, you can eat whatever you desire and not suffer any negative side effects, which she ignores. Her key points including stated facts such as “Culturally,we resist these scientific findings,” that people can be fat and healthy, “in favor of a perspective that considers fatness fatal and thinness immortal.”(pp.445) The main point to Maxfield’s claim in healthy eating, is being active and living a fit lifestyle. In “Escape From The Western Diet” (pp.420-427)by Michael Pollan, his argument is to help the American community be enlightened with
The objective mind takes cognizance of the objective world. Its media of observation are the five senses. It is the out growth of man’s physical nece...
The healthier you start to eat on a regular basis the easier it is to pick fruits and vegetables over processed snacks and sugary goods. It takes about twenty one days to make or break a habit, so if you stick to your diet it becomes a routine to eat the right foods your body needs. Once you make this your daily routine you will start to feel better about yourself in many ways. You will have more energy, a better immune system and you will even notice yourself losing weight. It makes you feel better both physically and mentally. There are many diets out there to help you get on the right track with nutrition. The paleo diet and the volumetric food plan is just two of the many
Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consuming too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life, I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight.
Everyone has experienced hearing a language they do not understand. In that context, the words seem to consist of a meaningless series of sounds; this is often ascribed to the listener not knowing the definitions of the vocabulary used. However, in addition to not being familiar with the words said, a person who does not understand the language will hear and process the sounds differently than a native speaker. This fact is partially explained by categorial perception, a perceptual-learning phenomenon in which the categories of different stimuli possessed by an individual affect his or her perception.
Perception is defined as the awareness of the world through the use of the five senses, but the concept of perception is often used to isolate one person’s point of view, so how reliable can perception be if no one person’s is exactly the same? The word perception itself is riddled with different, well, perceptions of its meaning. When some hear the word they might automatically think of it as something innately flawed, that can easily be fooled by illusions, while others may think of its usefulness when avoiding scalding a hand on a hot stove. I am here to agree with both and to argue that perception is something necessary and helpful, and something that should be scrutinized for its flaws. By looking at perception as a way of knowing in the
The way that each individual interprets, retrieves, and responds to the information in the world that surrounds you is known as perception. It is a personal way of creating opinions about others and ourselves in everyday life and being able to recognize it under various conditions. Each person’s perceptions are used as a kind of filter that every piece of information has to pass through before it determines the effect that it has or will have on the person from the stimulus. It is convincing to believe that we create multiple perceptions about different situations and objects each day. Perceptions reflect our opinions in many ways. The quality of a person’s perceptions is very important and can affect the response that is given through different situations. Perception is often deceived as reality. “Through perception, people process information inputs into responses involving feelings and action.” (Schermerhorn, et al.; p. 3). Perception can be influenced by a person’s personality, values, or experiences which, in turn, can play little role in reality. People make sense of the world that they perceive because the visual system makes practical explanations of the information that the eyes pick up.
When people hear the word “deaf” many times they think of their grandparents or other elders who have lost their ability to hear due to old age. However today for every 1,000 children, at least 1 is considered to be deaf or heard of hearing (Honig, 177.) Deafness is a disability that is easily overlooked and misunderstood because it is not a disability that is easily observed. Helen Keller once said that, “Blindness cuts people off from things. Deafness cuts people off from people.” When a person is blind or need glasses society easily recognizes that in some cases special accommodati...