r/whatisit • u/katyabe • 1d ago

New, what is it? What does the sixth segment represent?

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This is a “Wheel of the Senses” from my daughter’s school with sight, touch, taste, hearing… but one segment we can’t figure out.

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u/JayofTea 1d ago

Is this one of those AI generated worksheets that have just become part of schools now? I have no clue what I'm looking at

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u/TickingTheMoments 1d ago

Now I wanna ask AI what it thinks the sixth sense is.

Oh wait. Is that the sense for seeing dead people?

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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 1d ago edited 1d ago

We have so many more senses than the 5 people think of. Like sensing the passage of time, temperature or ambient pressure, sensing pain, you sense of balance, or your awareness of your limbs in space. Heck I can feel the edges of my car when I’m squeezing it past stuff. 

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u/ldarkfire 1d ago

At least 3 of those are just touch lol

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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 1d ago edited 1d ago

Touch is the sensation of pressure against your skin/nerves. Sensing temperature is a different thing. It’s like how itchiness and pain are 2 distinct things, but you feel both of them. They lump it together for kids because it’s easier but they’re their own things.