Re: Why the oceans are salty?

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From: Steve
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:01

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Professor Vonroach wrote:
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> On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:41:33 -0500, Steve <bozone@ripco.com> wrote:
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> >
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> >Professor Vonroach wrote:
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> >> On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:51:28 -0500, Steve <bozone@ripco.com> wrote:
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> >> >Ought it not be possible, with a large enough statistical sample, to
> >> >generate a relevant graph of reported human perception as it relates to
> >> >the detection of salt in water?
> >>
> >> You require that to decide that sea water is salty? Got a lot of time
> >> on your hands? Looking for a project and some grant money?
> >
> >I wasn't entirely serious, except in that I intended to show the folly
> >of splitting hairs in this context.  The same method, applied to
> >freshwater streams and lakes, would yield a graph indicating that they
> >were "not salty."  "Salty" is a sense experience, which may or may not
> >overlap with other means of detecting the presence of salt.
> 
> Salty is an individual unique sensory experience that may or may not
> over lap with the experience of  other individuals.

Thus, the need for the aforementioned survey if you're looking for more
scientifically meaningful information pertaining to the multitude of
unique "salty" sensory experiences.  Most of us just assume without
rational basis that our experience of seawater's taste coincides roughly
with others' experiences.  We are, nevertheless, usually right in doing so.

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From: Steve <bozone@ripco.com>
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Subject: Re: Why the oceans are salty?
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:01:40 -0500
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