Our senses are how we take in and interact with the environment that surrounds us. But what if we only had 4 senses. Which sense would you give up and why ?

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This is something I've actually thought about quite a bit, actually.

So our five basic senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

Loss of sight would mean a harder time getting around in the world in general, but especially with technology. If you don't think so, try the experiment of going around a day with a full blindfold on and see how you get things done, it's nearly impossible and I honestly really thing blind people deserve more recognition for getting around on a day to day basis.

Hearing wouldn't be so bad, there's subtitles and stuff for tv shows but.....I'd miss music, and the sounds of certain people's voices. I know a little sign language and facial expression can help with determining emotion but there's some nuances that come with voice that are greatly lost even with sign language and most especially if you're just reading lips or subtitles.

Touch is one most people don't think about, but I always think back to that episode of House where the girl had the disease that made her not able to feel pain. Not being able to feel touch would be the same - you can feel pressure, but not something like say how soft a blanket is. Plus if you hurt yourself you'd never know, a broken toe or a scratch that could get infected, things like that. And without touch your body can't regulate temperature because it doesn't know any better, so you're much more susceptible to freezing to death or having a heat stroke, you don't know when you're hungry or when you have to go to the bathroom, that kind of stuff.

Taste and smell would be the least devastating to lose, honestly. I can go not smelling stuff, just have to remember to apply deodorant more often than I think I do, and as much as I love food I could go not tasting stuff too. No more sour or spicy, if it's an off brand I don't have to worry about it tasting off, that kind of thing. Would also make taking cough medications and such a lot more easily because most of them taste like crap.

So yeah, if I had to lose a sense it'd be a coin toss between taste and smell.