@[email protected] to Showerthoughts • 1 year agoIf you look at anything you can probably tell what it would feel like if you licked it, despite you probably never licking it before.message-square14fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down113
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareIf you look at anything you can probably tell what it would feel like if you licked it, despite you probably never licking it before.@[email protected] to Showerthoughts • 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-square@foyrkopplink5•edit-21 year agoThe ability to extrapolate what something would taste/feel like from mere looks is a learned one. Toddlers don’t have it yet, which is why they’re stuffing everything into their mouths. You might not consciously remember licking a carpet, but the part of you that’s holding up the “dusty”, “textured” and “CRUMBS!!” signs does.
The ability to extrapolate what something would taste/feel like from mere looks is a learned one.
Toddlers don’t have it yet, which is why they’re stuffing everything into their mouths.
You might not consciously remember licking a carpet, but the part of you that’s holding up the “dusty”, “textured” and “CRUMBS!!” signs does.
makes sense