No two people see the same. I’ve had bad eyesight my entire life and after cataract surgery, I know see 20/20 in one eye and about 20/30 in the other (slight astigmatism). The blueprint in our DNA is not exact and varies greatly from person to person. I remember a father and son who could read the text on a magazine page affixed to a wall from about 10 feet away. It varies greatly.
Same goes for our sense of smell. We each have between 20-25K genes and we all use an average of 390 to smell, and they’re not all the same genes used from person to person. Change one gene and pooof!, there goes your ability to discern violets. One is born with the proper genes to be a great sommelier and all the practice in the world can’t make up for a loss or deficit of the genes needed to be one. We can smell up to 10K different odors, but not all of us can.
Why is hearing any different? Some of us do hear much better than others, and not as well as others. People have to stop insulting those who can hear better and just get used to it. It’s not the same from person to person and you’d be a jerk to think it is.
All the best,
Nonoise
Same goes for our sense of smell. We each have between 20-25K genes and we all use an average of 390 to smell, and they’re not all the same genes used from person to person. Change one gene and pooof!, there goes your ability to discern violets. One is born with the proper genes to be a great sommelier and all the practice in the world can’t make up for a loss or deficit of the genes needed to be one. We can smell up to 10K different odors, but not all of us can.
Why is hearing any different? Some of us do hear much better than others, and not as well as others. People have to stop insulting those who can hear better and just get used to it. It’s not the same from person to person and you’d be a jerk to think it is.
All the best,
Nonoise