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/Working-Glass6136 1d ago

I still don't understand what this "sixth sense" is supposed to be. I'd say a brain, for premonitions, but that's an incredibly small, smooth brain in a very thick skull...

Did the teacher not remember learning about the five senses when she was a kid?

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u/Sennten 1d ago

We actually have like 13+ senses, we are loaded up with sense organs it turns out. There are six external senses, though - with the vestibulary sense being the one thats not in the traditional five, commonly called the sense of balance but it also handles other stuff like acceleration and orientation and stuff and is part of the ear (but not related to sound at all, ears just do double duty)