If you had to lose two of the six senses, which would you choose?

badabing106 · 02-12-2017 07:44PM #1

Which ones would you choose. Nose, smell you later. Not essential in the 21st century.Taste is the same. We don't hunt or gather anymore so eating a dangerous plant or noticing a foul smelling meat isn't really a danger anymore for people in the western world

OldMrBrennan83 · 02-12-2017 07:47PM

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diomed · 02-12-2017 07:48PM

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-12-2017 07:50PM

badabing106 wrote: »

Which ones would you choose. Ears because I need my tunes, and sight because I need to see my surroundings for navigation

Two out of the five is a bit nonsensical, if you'll pardon me saying (and the pun).

Seeing and hearing but having absolutely no feeling sensation from head to foot would be a nightmare of an existence.

At a stretch I'd forgo smell and taste but that's the absolute limit.

badabing106 · 02-12-2017 07:51PM

Patww79 wrote: »

With only two of six you'd be better off dead, so I choose actual dead.

You'd adapt. Some animals have two or less senses

OldMrBrennan83 · 02-12-2017 07:52PM

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donegaLroad · 02-12-2017 07:54PM

2 out of the six? I'd have to go for telepathy and my eye-sight maybe..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-12-2017 07:56PM

badabing106 wrote: »

You'd adapt. Some animals have two or less senses

Name a few with less than 2 senses and we'll see how tolerable life as some of them would be. Many animals have more senses than we do - eclectic sense, magnetic sense, echolocation etc.

Peatys · 02-12-2017 07:56PM

Sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell....

Sight and sound. Everything tastes watered down these days anyway, could deffo live without the smell of randomers.. and I could see whatever I'm touching..

Peatys · 02-12-2017 07:57PM

Zeke Dirty Tambourine wrote: »

Name a few with less than 2 senses and we'll see how tolerable life as some of them would be. Many animals have more senses than we do - eclectic sense, magnetic sense, echolocation etc.

You don't have echolocation?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-12-2017 07:58PM

Peatys wrote: »

You don't have echolocation?

Not since the operation to restore my infra red vision, last year.

Lorelli! · 02-12-2017 07:59PM

I'd say sight and touch op. I'd hate to live without sound, taste and sense of smell though.

I remember reading that Michael Hutchence had lost his sense of taste and smell a while before he died after being attacked and it was said that it turned him into a completely different person.

buried · 02-12-2017 08:00PM

Depends. What do I get for giving up the other 4?

corner of hells · 02-12-2017 08:05PM

My father lost sense of touch and feeling in his hands after an industrial accident , however his sense of smell was spot on with him often noticing his hands getting burned by the smell of roast pork.

freshpopcorn · 02-12-2017 08:14PM

I'd probably go with smell and then taste. I'd be able to eat very healthy then.

Duckworth_Luas · 02-12-2017 08:22PM

If I lost my eyesight I wouldnt be able to see dead people anymore!

wakka12 · 02-12-2017 08:29PM

Obviously everyone will pick smell and taste

RobbingBandit · 02-12-2017 08:33PM

I've lost my sight briefly quite a few times times in the past two years wouldn't wish it on anyòne, smell would be the only one I'd part with although hearing wouldn't be much of a loss living where I do the noise of cretins talking so loud wouldn't be missed.

leonffrench · 02-12-2017 08:34PM

There's more than 5 senses. What about balance?

Cloudio9 · 02-12-2017 08:36PM

Entitlement and self respect.

Arghus · 02-12-2017 08:37PM

I'd think I'd give up my sense of style and....

the_pen_turner · 02-12-2017 08:39PM

considering we have over 20 senses I think we could loose one or 2 of those.

I don't think you could cope without any of the 'normal 5' but I couldn't do without, sight . smell would go first then hearing

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-12-2017 08:40PM

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Entitlement and self respect.

Don't forget Style.

Cody montana · 02-12-2017 08:42PM

I’d lose my fabulous sense of humour and dress sense.

biko · 02-12-2017 08:44PM

I have already lost my common sense and fashion sense.

02-12-2017 08:49PM

My sense of proportion and my common sense. I've been told I'm lacking in both anyway.

The_Valeyard · 02-12-2017 08:52PM

Id give up my sixth sense. Aint got time to be dealing with dead peoples problems.

pickarooney · 02-12-2017 10:36PM

Sense of guilt and sense of betrayal.

Tigger · 02-12-2017 10:48PM

Zeke Dirty Tambourine wrote: »

Two out of the five is a bit nonsensical, if you'll pardon me saying (and the pun).

Seeing and hearing but having absolutely no feeling sensation from head to foot would be a nightmare of an existence.

At a stretch I'd forgo smell and taste but that's the absolute limit.

sense of time and direction and a few others
its not 5

PLL · 03-12-2017 02:49AM

Taste, Smell. I would be skinny again!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 03-12-2017 09:51AM

If you had no sense of smell then taste is gone too (hold your nose and eat something and see for yourself)

I’d chose to keep sight and hearing.

If you had to lose two of the six senses, which would you choose?

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