Comments on: 9 Extraordinary Human Abilities http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: differ222 http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-260888 differ222 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:59:01 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-260888 My (now ex) husband thought he was getting away with an affair. OMG, I could smell the "other woman" very easily! It is not easy to pull the wool over my eyes, because I am a super smeller, and I know what is going on. My son has it as well. At the age of 5 he could find his way in and out of the mall with ease, because he said if he got disoriented, he could simply, smell his way out! At work, I alerted my boss to a change. He said that I saved the company thousands of dollars in damage, and wanted to know just how I knew things were amiss. I had to explain the nose thing to him, and he was kind of amazed with it all. The drawback is that I can smell any man from across the room, and tell if I am attracted to him or not. This can be a bit disturbing, but I have learned to cope. Also perfumes and smoke drive me absolutely over the edge. My (now ex) husband thought he was getting away with an affair. OMG, I could smell the “other woman” very easily! It is not easy to pull the wool over my eyes, because I am a super smeller, and I know what is going on.

My son has it as well. At the age of 5 he could find his way in and out of the mall with ease, because he said if he got disoriented, he could simply, smell his way out!

At work, I alerted my boss to a change. He said that I saved the company thousands of dollars in damage, and wanted to know just how I knew things were amiss. I had to explain the nose thing to him, and he was kind of amazed with it all.

The drawback is that I can smell any man from across the room, and tell if I am attracted to him or not. This can be a bit disturbing, but I have learned to cope. Also perfumes and smoke drive me absolutely over the edge.

]]> By: commandercoward http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-260001 commandercoward Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:25:45 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-260001 I'm a supertaster!! I thought this giant bump on my tongue was from my braces. How cool is this?!?!? I’m a supertaster!! I thought this giant bump on my tongue was from my braces. How cool is this?!?!?

]]> By: david http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-256088 david Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:00:02 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-256088 i am a Tetrachromacy well that according to my doctors at least i am a Tetrachromacy
well that according to my doctors at least

]]> By: SSOClinic http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-255207 SSOClinic Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:08:54 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-255207 Cool article. www.orthopaedicclinic.com.sg Cool article.

http://www.orthopaedicclinic.com.sg

]]> By: emmybear21 http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-250927 emmybear21 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:12:10 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-250927 synestesia is so awesome... i can't tast words but my letters and numbers have personalities nad genders. also music has color and texture, and certaim notes have certain colors. also, my years and days and months have a certain spacial placement in my mind, as well as colors. yea i didn't notice till i happened to stumble across it on the internet. thanks for sharing this! synestesia is so awesome… i can’t tast words but my letters and numbers have personalities nad genders. also music has color and texture, and certaim notes have certain colors. also, my years and days and months have a certain spacial placement in my mind, as well as colors. yea i didn’t notice till i happened to stumble across it on the internet. thanks for sharing this!

]]> By: Nick http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-247495 Nick Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:26:54 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-247495 I have #2 and #8.. #8 I have and that was proven by a test. I only suspect I have #2 because I can play full songs in my head... Yes my brain is its own MP3 player.. I have #2 and #8..

#8 I have and that was proven by a test. I only suspect I have #2 because I can play full songs in my head… Yes my brain is its own MP3 player..

]]> By: Anthony http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-247413 Anthony Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-247413 I have Synesthesia, I associate sounds with colors all the time. I have Synesthesia, I associate sounds with colors all the time.

]]> By: colin http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-245621 colin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:14:34 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-245621 Keep it up! Keep it up!

]]> By: David http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-242716 David Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:45:30 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-242716 Hi. It's very interesting what you got here. Do you think it's possible for a single person to have all the abilities mentioned? Best Regards Hi. It’s very interesting what you got here. Do you think it’s possible for a single person to have all the abilities mentioned?

Best Regards

]]> By: Scott http://listverse.com/2008/06/28/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-242425 Scott Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:20:09 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/9-extraordinary-human-abilities/#comment-242425 interesting list you have here, I just wish there was a more complete one around; because things like this are either becoming more common or more recognized by the world in general. I mean abilities like the guy who can survive hours in super cold temps and bearly feel it, The blind painter who can see perfectly well with is sense of touch instead of his eyes, or the man who has skin so smooth he can make a perfect vacuum between his skin and a solid object, and means that he will almost always have a youthful healthy appearence without even trying for his entire life. you did a good job explaining the facts, and I enjoyed it, but there where certain abilities you sound where more common to women mostly sensory abilities like the ability to see four colors; something I can understand do to the relation between the color sensing genes and the sex chromosone's; but it would be interesting to see a list of abilities and see if possible whether there more common in men or women as part of the list to see if there is any type of pattern developing to who develops what type of ability. interesting list you have here, I just wish there was a more complete one around; because things like this are either becoming more common or more recognized by the world in general. I mean abilities like the guy who can survive hours in super cold temps and bearly feel it, The blind painter who can see perfectly well with is sense of touch instead of his eyes, or the man who has skin so smooth he can make a perfect vacuum between his skin and a solid object, and means that he will almost always have a youthful healthy appearence without even trying for his entire life.
you did a good job explaining the facts, and I enjoyed it, but there where certain abilities you sound where more common to women mostly sensory abilities like the ability to see four colors; something I can understand do to the relation between the color sensing genes and the sex chromosone’s; but it would be interesting to see a list of abilities and see if possible whether there more common in men or women as part of the list to see if there is any type of pattern developing to who develops what type of ability.

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