Guest Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 A voluntary scientist dared to taste poison! During the experiment, he touched the tip of his tongue to the poison and died just after writing 'S'. What was the taste?? Salty Sweet Sour Suffocating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 If it is a taste, and he touched with the tip of his tongue, it has to be sweet. Although it's said that this is a misconception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 The tip of tongue(the front part) could taste only sweet taste. S stands for sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 i believe that you are ALL wrong. he would not have known what it tasted like, because it did not pass over his entire tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 I believe it was "suffocating" He couldn't breathe or speak, knew he was dying & attempted to write out a call for help, hoping someone might come by in time to save him . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Sulfur, which in chemistry is represented by the symbol S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 SWEET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 y did he have to rite it when he knew he may not be able to rite it completely he shud have written all the possible tastes and then all he had to do wa s tick the correct option!! BTW the poison in question is potassium cyanide and its a true story thats posted here!! No one is able to tell the taste of this chemical co z anyone who has tasted was unable to remain alive long enough to tel the taste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 y did he have to rite it when he knew he may not be able to rite it completely he shud have written all the possible tastes and then all he had to do wa s tick the correct option!! BTW the poison in question is potassium cyanide and its a true story thats posted here!! No one is able to tell the taste of this chemical co z anyone who has tasted was unable to remain alive long enough to tel the taste... I don't think you need to taste poison to know what it tastes like. By studying the taste receptors on the tongue, we know that deadly acids are sour, just like the non-deadly acids we find in our food. Same would apply to any substance I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gvg Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 sweet, although I've heard that there aren't really a bunch of different tasting sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 sh** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 I think it's "SUPER STRONG SAVORY STUFF! SO SURPRISINGLY SPICY!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 It is generally accepted there are five taste sensations, though there is research by some scientists who would extend the list: (1) Sweet, (2) Salty, (3) Sour, (4) Savory (also called Umami), and (5) Bitter Based upon a mistranslation by Edwin G. Boring, a Harvard psychologist, of a German paper written in 1901, the tongue was mapped as: Rear of tongue: Bitter Sides, Aft-middle: Sour Sides, Fore-middle: Salty Tip of tongue: Sweet Research of taste (gustation) has proven that this mapping was incorrect and the receptors are found in all areas of the tongue, as well as, in other areas of the mouth (pharynx, epiglottis, and soft palate). There are even receptors for taste found in the stomach. Even if the voluntary scientist had received his education about taste buds in an American elementary school where the misperception was taught, we still could not determine what taste he had be trying to write, as the tip of the tongue could have tasted any of the tastes. The scientist may even have been from Ireland where the word for Bitter in the Irish tongue is Searbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 sh** LOL, that's what I wanted to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A voluntary scientist dared to taste poison!
During the experiment, he touched the tip of his tongue to the poison and died just after writing 'S'.
What was the taste??
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