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  1. 03-08-2009 #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    ultimately all senses can be explained through neurology. If you can perceive it, and it is an actual quantity that really exists, you are sensing it and therefor are using one of your senses.
    True, but you're claiming an experience like pain is one of the senses, when you can only perceive it through one of the actual senses (tactile mostly)... there is a difference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteflags View Post
    True, but you're claiming an experience like pain is one of the senses, when you can only perceive it through one of the actual senses (tactile mostly)... there is a difference.
    whats teh shape of pain, or the texture, is it rough or smooth?

    Pain is obviously not tactile in nature. There are specific receptors for tactile sensation, and completely seperate and unrelated receptors for pain. It is a seperate sense at the most fundamental level.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abachler View Post
    whats teh shape of pain, or the texture, is it rough or smooth?

    Pain is obviously not tactile in nature. There are specific receptors for tactile sensation, and completely seperate and unrelated receptors for pain. It is a seperate sense at the most fundamental level.
    Do you have any medical reference links that would verify that claim?
    I've only heard of 5 senses (or 6 if you count ESP) throughout my whole life.

    Pain can be sharp or dull or burning...
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