Everything seems to taste more salty/bitter/sour over the last week or so. How worried should I be that it's a sign of a disease?
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posted by scharpy
on Jun 24, 2012 -
18 answers
Can you help me cultivate common sense? I am very book smart - gifted/high IQ, excel at work, etc. I am relatively street smart - no walking down dark alleys at night, etc. But I fail spectacularly at common sense, and I've given a few examples below.
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posted by TestamentToGrace
on Jun 1, 2012 -
81 answers
In some way, I'm too slow. It takes me a really long time to do things, especially if they're not interesting. This doesn't apply to all things though. I can move fast, and walk fast, and talk fast.
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posted by mokeydraws
on Jul 8, 2011 -
15 answers
I've been taking life and it's issues so seriously in recent times - make that years - that I can't even remember the last time I actually laughed out loud. Nothing is funny to me anymore. Stopped seeing humor. Argh.
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posted by watercarrier
on Nov 9, 2010 -
50 answers
Is there any science behind the myth that if an individual loses one sense, the brain compensates by increasing the accuracy of the others?
posted by modernnomad
on Aug 20, 2010 -
15 answers
Why are sine waves considered "pure" tones? Why do we consider sinusoids the building blocks of periodic functions?
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posted by phrontist
on Jun 28, 2008 -
35 answers
Looking for a new kind of relaxation technique. I'm thinking something sensory, no drugs or tobacco. I thought first of incense. A) What's your experience with using incense to relax? B) Is there anything that provides a similar experience? More parameters inside.
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posted by l33tpolicywonk
on Jul 16, 2007 -
20 answers
Are there any ways in which people focus on enjoying the sense of smell, by itself, solely for the leisure/pleasure aspect of the sensation? If not.. why?
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posted by white light
on Feb 8, 2007 -
61 answers
I have no internal compass and no inherent sense of direction. When I think north, south, east, west, I have to picture a map of the whole U.S. in order to remember where they all are in relation to each other. At work, statements such as "meet in the south parking lot" bring up no immediate mental image of where that might be. Is there anything I can do to not be lost all the time?
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posted by chippie
on Jul 28, 2006 -
50 answers
