An idea
The senses
How the world gets in
Everything you know about the world arrived through a sense. Light, ripples of air, pressure, and drifting molecules all get turned into signals your brain can read, and it happens without you asking.
Each sense works completely differently, and each one has a surprise hiding in it. Touch came first. Smell takes a shortcut to memory. And most of what you call taste is actually your nose.
The shape of it
Where it turns up
6 nights that touch this idea.
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Sight
How the world gets inside your head
The picture arrives upside down, and your brain calmly turns it over.
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Hearing
The science of sound waves
Three bones, the smallest in your body, passing ripples inward to be understood.
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Touch
The oldest sense
The first sense to develop, spread across the largest organ you have.
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Taste
A journey down the river of flavor
Five tastes on the tongue, while most of the flavor is really smell arriving through the back door.
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Smell
Where memories wait
Scent signals reach the brain's memory and feeling centers by an unusually direct road.
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Feelings
Where your feelings live
The inward senses: a racing heart can be excitement or worry wearing the same coat.
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