Mindscape 105 | Ann-Sophie Barwich on the Science and Philosophy of Smell

[@justinalonso9207]

This episode was really interesting. Thank you Sean for starting this beautiful podcast, it has really opened up my perspective of the world

[@platonicdescartes]

I wasn't that interested in this subject, but she was a fantastic guest and a great ambassador for her field of study. It turned out to be a great discussion.

[@mtumasz]

Excellent conversation and great insights into science in general. We must come back to the idea of university as a melting pot of ideas not a corporation

[@rumidude]

This was absolutely fascinating!

[@alexcherfan7762]

Wow! Absolutely fascinating conversation. Thank you Sean!

[@Akixkisu]

So excited to read her new book!

[@TheDudeKicker]

That episode was just.... Absolutely

[@websurfer352]

Smell has associated with it all sorts of qualia!!! Much more than sight, or taste, etc., smell can open up all sorts of doors to inner “realities”!!

[@kennethbosch9]

wow such a great poddy c, I'm sure once we hear from the aliens in a billion years time they will be saying; "please send more mindscape" :)

[@aaron2709]

From 1962 to 1989, Shintaro Katsu played 'Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman' in film and television. Every performance was an exploration of someone navigating the world without sight.

[@billmcdonald4335]

I'm a congenital anosmic, and I found this interesting. It would be like a blind person listening to an episode on vision. However, it's not true that one can't taste without olfaction. I have no problem tasting, as does my younger brother who also can't smell. And Kant's totes correct.

[@somachatterjee6364]

Please give a lecture on THE TIME.

[@davidwright8432]

I almost didn't listen. Very glad I didn't - not listen! Fascinating, as usual. Thanks to both!

[@websurfer352]

Yes, smell is the sense closest in kind to consciousness itself?? Both lacking definite boundaries. So, I guess smell does resonate closer to our nature as conscious beings??

[@drzecelectric4302]

Adorable and amazing!

[@rugsthreecrows3697]

Isn't the act of making distinctions between philosophy and science part of the issue? Science, i.e. experimental and applied sciences, are still based in hypotheses and processes of elimination by logic and rational thinking. It is in fact a branch of philosophy, i.e. deriving new concepts and approaches. Whether by abstract thinking or experiment, it is still the same general discipline.

[@PrimatoFortunato]

Does anyone know why metal smells? It’s not a structure I would expect to sublimate at ambient conditions...so what’s happening?

[@YassinElMohtadi]

search for a video made by a channel called " nile red " he explained it very well

[@Fractus]

Seconding the Response by Yassin below you. It's an interaction of our bodily oils (on our hands) and the metals themselves if I remember correctly.

[@PrimatoFortunato]

Thanks! Will spend the next weeks smellin random pieces of metal before touching it :D

[@steeneugenpoulsen8174]

I can see how something smells, but I can't smell how something look.

[@wishtribe]

I edited a piece for Doctor Mike about a lady who can smell Parkinson's disease.

[@dapper-alien]

So excited, I am weirdly fascinated by the sense of smell, your nose is such a 'weird' sensor compared to your eyes and ears

[@MohaymenPK]

48:36

[@BIGWUNuvDbunch]

Tell me about my nose UwU

[@websurfer352]

The Philosophy of Smell?? Ohh, whatever??

[@AdamTait-hy2qh]

Try it, and open your mind. You will be surprised.