What sense do value the most and what one would you give up?

[Marucha]

Miguel_Zorro said:

Marucha said:

I actually said I could lose touch. I think it would be an interesting way to perceive things... especially if you have to adjust with the other senses. Would be less literal existance, because I think we perceive comfort and close-ness the most through touch. Would definitely force you to take a more active stance too, especially in perceiving physical threats. Except not being able to perceive pain would be a problem... I've never heard of anyone totally losing the sense of touch though. (Edit: Wouldn't it also mean you lose a lot of mobility if not all as well? i.e. paralyzed)

I value sight the most, but that's because I'm a painter...

Actually, losing any of those would be difficult. Many people take for granted smell, but I think it would suck not being able to smell the specific weather/environment around you when you are visiting places.

Edit: As I think about it, I have chronic nerve pain, so for me losing a sense of touch would probably be more of a blessing...

Could you paint without a sense of touch?

Most people seem to rank their sense of sight the as the most useful, but if you couldn't feel anything, life would be very difficult.

Smell is a tricky one, since Smell and Taste are connected.  Smell an onion while eating an apple.

I would imagine so since a lot of it is trained muscle movement/memory (mobility) and keen observation (sight related). As long as you can tell which way your arm is moving and by how much, which... I can't imagine you can move your arm without some sense of nerve sensation there, so that's why I was wondering if you could even lose all touch/pressure sensation completely and still have full mobility.

You wouldn't need complete mobility in your hands to paint, but if you're doing something like design work where the lines need to be really straight and you're doing geometry shaped things, then that does need a pretty steady controlled hand... even with some nerve damage and loss of mobility though, a lot of that movement can be retrained and compensated for with time I would think.