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[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

Think you only have five senses? New research says you may have 33.

Most of us grow up believing we have just five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

But modern neuroscience paints a far richer picture, suggesting humans may have between 22 and 33 interacting senses that constantly work together to build our experience of the world.

Beyond the classic five, we rely on proprioception (our awareness of where our limbs are), the vestibular system for balance, and interoception, which monitors internal states like hunger or heart rate. We also have a sense of agency (the feeling that we are the ones causing our movements) and a sense of body ownership (the feeling that our limbs belong to us) – both of which can be disrupted in some stroke patients. Even traditional senses turn out to be composites: touch includes pain, temperature, itch, and pressure, while “taste” is actually a blend of taste, smell, and touch that produces what we call flavor.

Because our senses are so intertwined, changing input in one channel can subtly alter how we experience another. The smell of shampoo can change how silky hair feels, and aromas in low‑fat yogurt can make it seem creamier without adding fat. In noisy environments like airplane cabins, background sound can dampen perceptions of salt, sweet, and sour, while leaving savory umami flavors—such as those in tomato juice—relatively enhanced, which helps explain why certain foods taste better in flight. Visual experience is also shaped by the balance system: in a climbing airplane, the cabin may appear tilted because the inner ear signals that the body is leaning back. These everyday illusions and cross‑sensory effects, explored in research projects and interactive exhibitions such as “Senses Unwrapped,” highlight how perception is a continuous negotiation among many senses rather than a simple sum of five.

References

Spence, C. (2015). Rethinking the senses: Multisensory integration in everyday life. *The Psychologist, 28*(2), 112–115.

[Bear @Beargirl_1]

Thoughts = Frequencies
Emotions = Magnetic Signals
Voice = Vibrational Weapon
Words = Spells
Silence = Hidden Power
Dreams = Astral Messages
Sleep = Dimensional Reset
Imagination = Portal Technology
Meditation = Frequency Alignment
Intuition = Divine GPS
Consciousness = Infinite Field
Soul = Eternal Observer
Spirit = Cosmic Current
Aura = Electromagnetic Shield
Chakras = Dimensional Gateways
Pineal Gland = Organic VR
Third Eye = Inner Telescope
DNA = Cosmic Blueprint
Cells = Living Micro Universes
Melanin = Biological Solar Panel
Cerebrospinal Fluid = Sacred Oil
Hormones = Chemical Messengers of Consciousness
Memory = Time Archive
Energy = Currency
Time = Mental Construct
The Moon = Emotional Amplifier
The Sun = Source Generator
Stars = Celestial Codes
Sacred Geometry = Architecture of Creation
The Universe = Living Intelligence
The Human Body = Biological Space Suit
The Human Being = Light Experiencing Matter
Life = Spiritual Simulation
Death = Frequency Transition
Awakening = Remembering Who You Are

[RT @RT_com]

Red sprites reportedly spotted over Tibet

These mysterious flashes appear high above thunderstorms and last only milliseconds, making them extremely difficult to film

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

The biggest social problem is the bf/gf problem. The biggest reason things feel worse than in the past

It's easy to bear all kinds of hardship, easy to try to make things work anywhere, take more meaningful risks, if you know you have a spouse that will be with you through it

[Just Another Pod Guy @TMTLongShort]

If you haven’t spent at least an hour in the last six months pondering what it means to be conscious and the difference between digitally simulating vs actually being you probably aren’t paying close enough attention to where we are and how fast we are moving

[Shubhvani @shubhvanii]

Ladies, take your broke bf serious because men don't fall in love when they're rich.

[Health & Nutrition Tips @healthnutritipz]

Put Olive oil on watermelon then you'll understand why pharmacies don't want you to know this 🍉

[Mark @Mark4XX]

GOLD & SILVER CRASHING NOW: SWISS TOP MANAGER REVEALS THE FINAL MANIPULATION BEFORE THE EXPLOSION

Dieter Lüscher from Premium Strategy Partners AG is one of Switzerland’s most decorated wealth managers. Multiple times named best in the conservative risk class after managing ultra-high-net-worth clients at a major Swiss bank. In his latest interview he cuts through the noise and delivers a crystal-clear warning on gold and silver right now. What he says will stop you mid-scroll.

THE QUARTER-END TRAP EXPOSED
➡️ Commercial banks and shorts still hold massive positions and options expiring in just nine days.
➡️ Their only goal is to push gold and silver as low as possible so those options expire worthless and they pocket maximum profit.
➡️ This exact game has run for fifteen years but Dieter says we are now in the endgame.

THE LOW IS COMING FAST
➡️ The bottom in precious metals arrives in the next few days, maybe already today.
➡️ Even with war escalating daily the price action is purely technical, driven by futures and option expiry.
➡️ Once that window closes the structural bid returns with force.

THE ASIA POWER SHIFT ACCELERATES
➡️ India just announced that from April 1 gold and silver ETFs will price at the local Indian spot, not LBMA.
➡️ China is openly pushing yuan-denominated gold pricing and demanding it gains importance.
➡️ COMEX inventories are plunging while Shanghai Gold Exchange official stocks sit at just 600 tonnes.

THE PHYSICAL DEMAND REALITY
➡️ Silver supply is turning chaotic with mines shipping directly to producers, bypassing exchanges entirely.
➡️ Physical metal carries zero counterparty risk, exactly what investors and nations now demand.
➡️ Wars and exploding debt force massive new money printing that only gold and silver can truly absorb.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Dieter’s message is simple and urgent: this engineered dip is the final gift before the real bull market resumes and pricing power permanently shifts east. Buy the physical metal now while the manipulators still control the paper price.

HT: YouTube Rohstoff Investor
#GoldSilver #GoldLow #SilverShortage #COMEXDrain #IndiaGold #YuanPricing #PreciousMetalsBull

[Economics and Agriculture @Agrieconom]

💧🌱 Rainwater Harvesting System 🌱💧

1️⃣ Roof collection
Rainwater is captured from the roof and directed through gutters.

2️⃣ Pre-storage control
A rain barrel slows flow and reduces debris before underground storage.

3️⃣ Underground cistern
Water is stored safely below ground, protected from heat and evaporation.

4️⃣ Pumped distribution
A submersible pump delivers water through pipes to garden areas.

5️⃣ Efficient irrigation
Stored rainwater supports gardens and greenhouses while reducing water waste.

[Invest Hyderabad @InvestHyderabad]

The use case of farmland is evolving. One example:

A Rent A Tree startup from Kochi lets people lease a mango tree and enjoy the entire harvest without doing any farming.

It operates farms in 3 states

Customers can rent a tree from ₹10,300 and receive up to 90 kg of naturally ripened mangoes.

Pick a tree online, farm managed by company and delivers Mangoes to your home

If such models scale, farmland monetisation will evolve rapidly

I strongly believe institutional capital will make land tokenisation reality in the next decade.

If that happens, we may see the next wave of millionaires coming from villages.

[Shubhvani @shubhvanii]

READ ANYONE INSTANTLY (FBI METHOD)

1. Life level: seen from shoes.
2. Health: seen from nails.
3. Family: seen from how they sit.
4. Attitude: seen from the corner of the eye.
5. Personality: seen from how they laugh.
6. Self-confidence: seen from how they walk.
7. Loyalty: seen from how they look at their partner
8. Honesty: Seen when given a mandate (responsibility).

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

This how Palantir can surveil and kill people ….

[zooko🛡🦓🦓🦓 ⓩ @zooko]

When I was 6 years old, in 1979, my dad brought home a computer that he was building at his employer, Texas Instruments. Little 6-year-old me immediately fell in love with it. It was magic. Unlimited possibilities. It made me into a wizard. I never got over that feeling.

[Magnus Vigsø @MagnusVigso]

The real productivity hack

The presence of an attractive woman boosts testosterone and increases risk taking in young men

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything.”

— Friedrich Hayek

[Heidi @blockchainchick]

The Netherlands just voted to tax your Bitcoin at 36% per year.

Not when you sell.

Every year. On unrealized gains. Marked to market.

You hold 1 BTC at 100k. It goes to 120k. You owe 7.2k in tax even if you never sold a single sat.

This isnt an attack on crypto. Its an attack on the very idea of holding assets outside their system.

EU data sharing already went live. They know what you have. And now they want a yearly cut just for the privilege of existing.

One passport used to be enough. It isnt anymore.

The exit doors are still open. For now.

[Man’s Bible⚡️ @Man_s_Bible]

You’re bored because you don’t do side quests, bro.

Life is more than just work and bed rotting.

Here are 50 side quests to complete:

[zooko🛡🦓🦓🦓 ⓩ @zooko]

I unironically think that in the year… let's say in 2050. That in the year 2050, that the total value (or "market cap") of 21 million ZEC could be worth more than the total value in the year 2026 of all money, goods, assets, and resources on Earth.

[RT_India @RT_India_news]

📹 In Their Own Words And In Hindi, Moscow State Linguistic University Students On Choosing The Language

[RT_India @RT_India_news]

📹 Speaking Fluent Hindi, Maxim Demchenko, A Professor At Moscow State Linguistic University, Explains Why Russians Are Embracing The Language