The perception of smug bastards is also a sense. I get it mostly when I hear Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.

The "Smug Bastards" Rock!!!

The so-called Smug-Bastard sense, is a sense used to detect those of Demon-kin. The red skinned cloven-hoofed type that invade our plane of existence and try to tempt and turn us into kindling for the big red horned dude under the ground.

All those non-believing non-religious heathen bastards are going to burn in the everlasting flames of hell for all eternity. While... I.. a believer... a TRUE(tm) UNSMUG(tm)believer of the only true faith out of many thousands and thousands throughout human history will not suffer such a fate.

I will fly up into the magical sky heaven and live with winged sky fairies with bird wings, basking in the sun of my bearded white anglo-saxon god.

Now, on the other hand if they would just repent, give in, and profess total and complete belief in the ultiate fairytale known as the Bible.. literally, and unquestioningly supporting EVERY word in the Bible 100% as absolute truth. Then.. and only then would I consider them an equal. An equal under heaven.

I am not smug in the least. I am simply a servant of God. Praised and GLORY to him. God Bless the USA, for God prefers US over them.

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Proprioception (the sense of where your body parts are) fades away when those body parts "fall asleep".

Some years ago I was just waking up one morning and had apparently slept with my arm in an odd position. It had gone well past pins and needles and was completely numb, but I hadn't realized this yet. As I went to stretch, my eyes still closed, I was momentarily horrified when what felt like a large, cold, dead fish suddenly landed on my chest.

Getting the blood flowing again really sucked... pins and needles for like an hour.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
The so-called Smug-Bastard sense, is a sense used to detect those of Demon-kin.....

LOL!

>> ^bluecliff:
The perception of smug bastards is also a sense. I get it mostly when I hear Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.


The hypocrisy is delicious, *nom-nom-nom-nom*

It isn't smug to know those arrogant know-it-alls are completely wrong and I know better. Oh, wait, yes it is.

and let's not forget what an amazing sense it is...
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Man-Who-Lost-His-Body

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Proprioception (the sense of where your body parts are) fades away when those body parts "fall asleep".
Some years ago I was just waking up one morning and had apparently slept with my arm in an odd position. It had gone well past pins and needles and was completely numb, but I hadn't realized this yet. As I went to stretch, my eyes still closed, I was momentarily horrified when what felt like a large, cold, dead fish suddenly landed on my chest.
Getting the blood flowing again really sucked... pins and needles for like an hour.

>> ^bluecliff:
The perception of smug bastards is also a sense. I get it mostly when I hear Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.

What the hell has this clip got to do with Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris? Weird.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
>> ^bluecliff:
The perception of smug bastards is also a sense. I get it mostly when I hear Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.

What the hell has this clip got to do with Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris? Weird.


Maybe the people who think there are only five senses and four elements are the same ones who believe the earth was made in 6 days and is only 6000 years old?

You can think that Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris are smug bastards without being a religious zealot yourself. It doesn't have to be what they say as much as the presentation.

One chief characteristic of scientists is that they are never happy with a simple definition when they can make up a more complicated one. Apparently only because adding new words makes one sound smarter.

Essentially, they have subdivided the 'sense of touch' into four smaller groups:

- Nociception (pain)
- Thermoception (temperature)
- Proprioception (kinestics)
- Equilibrioception (balance)

I, for one, call that complete bullshit.

All of those are tactile (touch-based) sensations, and each relies upon the others to function correctly. Sub-dividing them into separate categories doesn't give us a deeper understanding about how each of them function, it just gives people more BS to argue about instead of doing REAL work.

But, most importantly, making up new definitions for the sake of simply making up new definitions makes people sound like pompous dicks.

Uh... /rantoff

Sorry.

>> ^soulmonarch:
One chief characteristic of scientists is that they are never happy with a simple definition when they can make up a more complicated one. Apparently only because adding new words makes one sound smarter.
Essentially, they have subdivided the 'sense of touch' into four smaller groups:
- Nociception (pain)
- Thermoception (temperature)
- Proprioception (kinestics)
- Equilibrioception (balance)
I, for one, call that complete bullshit.
All of those are tactile (touch-based) sensations, and each relies upon the others to function correctly. Sub-dividing them into separate categories doesn't give us a deeper understanding about how each of them function, it just gives people more BS to argue about instead of doing REAL work.
But, most importantly, making up new definitions for the sake of simply making up new definitions makes people sound like pompous dicks.
Uh... /rantoff
Sorry.


I assume you understand the sense of touch enough to make such conclusions?

So if we not divide it into those categories, then how do we deal with a person who gets a virus, it fucks his nerves but not completely, leaving him able to: feel temperature, have balance, and feel pain but has no ability to understand the location of his body? do we (assuming scientist do not categorize touch) say he has a touch problem and leave it at such enormously ambiguous terms? or do we (as we should do) analyze his condition and go: hmm only his propioception is affected, less focus on that. or would you rather have the doctors waste time dealing with all the four variables because 'dividing a vague idea of touch' would be pretentious. How is categorization of ideas and things we have not finished to explore a bad idea?

Are you actually saying that just because those 4 things are dependent on each other, we should not bother categorizing them? Hmm what if each of those happen to have different types of receptors and/or types of cells specialized for each of them? Assuming that we can understand the complexity of the human senses by simply treating them as a whole entity free of components is in my opinion quite arrogant, bullshit and pompous.

I'm making these questions out of pure curiosity, because I can't see how what you are saying holds any water.

>> ^soulmonarch:
One chief characteristic of scientists is that they are never happy with a simple definition when they can make up a more complicated one. Apparently only because adding new words makes one sound smarter.
Essentially, they have subdivided the 'sense of touch' into four smaller groups:
- Nociception (pain)
- Thermoception (temperature)
- Proprioception (kinestics)
- Equilibrioception (balance)


Considering nociception and thermoception forms of touch is somewhat excusable, I suppose. After all, we normally notice something is hot, cold or sharp while touching it. If you don't allow yourself to think about it beyond that, it's easy to conclude they are one and the same, but to think proprioception or equilibrioception are forms of touch shows a distinct lack of understanding of what those senses are and/or how they function.

>> ^soulmonarch:
Sub-dividing them into separate categories doesn't give us a deeper understanding about how each of them function, it just gives people more BS to argue about instead of doing REAL work.

Horseshit. Have you ever heard of something called a 'dissociation', in science? Meh.. Mauz already spelled it out pretty clearly.

Furthermore, you are not exactly talking about the sense of touch. Touch is a component of the somatosensory system.

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/ddaley/B232%20Somatosensory%20sys.htm