November 21 Blog Post

All of our senses are different from one and other. We all taste, see, and smell differently. However, our sight is the least trustworthy out of the five senses. In the podcast, “Colors,” they talk about the mind playing “tricks” to make us perceive colors differently from others around us. Therefore, our sight is the least trustworthy. Next up would have to be a tie between our taste and hearing. The reason for this is due to the fact that we all have personal opinions for these two senses. Aaron Copland was an American composer and writer. In his short essay “How We Listen,” Copland talks about how not everyone is going to appeal to the same music or sounds as everyone else. Based on our past experiences with music, everyone has developed a favorite and least favorite type of music. Our hearing is least trustworthy, because not everyone will have the same view and opinion of the music being played at the time. The same concept can apply to taste as well, because every person has their own opinion on what they enjoy drinking or eating. Between the last two senses, smell and touch, we find these to be more trustworthy. The reason for this is because our judgements between each of these are quite similar. For example, when smelling a fire or raw sewage. Both are very extreme smells that when compared among common people, can be categorized as the same extreme and disgusting smells. Our sense of touch doesn’t really change with each other either. If something is round in shape and someone touches it, they’re going to say that it’s round, and the same goes for the person next to them. Ultimately, our most trustworthy senses are smell and touch, because they do not rely on our judgement and preferences.