Could the sense of time be considered our sixth sense?
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SomeSayMarryMoney
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There's nothing magical about "five" senses. Hearing and Vision are fairly individual. But taste and smell are intertwined. And touch involves multiple modalities: pressure, movement, heat, cold, tickling, itching, burning, etc. Does vibratory sense count as touch or something different? At any rate, every one of these senses involves some kind of ability to generate nerve impulses from external stimuli. The retina does this in the eye. The cochlea in the inner ear. Taste buds, skin sensors, and olfactory nerves in the roof of your nose all play these roles. Your sense of time is different. It seems to be generated inside your head -- your brain, your mind, your consciousness -- rather than from external stimuli. It's implicit, not explicit. So I would say no, time is not our sixth sense.
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