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DanArmak comments on Brainstorming new senses - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: lululu 20 May 2015 07:53PM

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 May 2015 07:31:08PM 4 points [-]

our built in chemorecepters are sensitive to the metabolites of most pathogens even at a high ppm

Don't you mean at a low ppm, i.e. when there are few of the particles being detected?

Comment author: lululu 25 May 2015 06:15:54AM 0 points [-]

oops!