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TED Talks Daily: An aerialist on listening to your body's signals | Adie Delaney on Apple Podcasts
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Our brains are not reliable food sensors, and our taste buds are affected not just by the food that we put in our mouths, but a variety of electrical signals from our brain, body and all the other ...
When we drink a cup of coffee, we detect it using the receptors of our bodies, and that information is then converted into activated neurons. Waves of light are converted into colors, with the mouth receptors trying to classify the beverage as one of the five basic tastes: salty, sour, bitter, sweet, and umami (the pleasant, savory taste).
All these signals are then woven together and recognized by the brain, and it is still not the absolute reflection of reality but is a highly subjective experience.
When we see someone else do something, we sometimes think we could do better, and probably recognized the food taste in a more objective way. The problem is that most of us are suffering from various biases, like the common bias blind spot: We think we are less biased than others.
Another bias could be the courtesy bias, where we tell our aunt we like something she made because it’s socially polite to do so.