Michael Barlow
Canada
Stratford
Ontario
No one takes the time to read anymore.
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Please tell me it's a randomly determined fluke of evolution that humans of all the animals have nostrils so designed that we cannot escape smelling our own gas, whether standing up, sitting down, or even lying down?
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Jess i TRON
United States
Saint Louis
Missouri
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Gas has a lot of random motion. I think we'd smell it no matter which direction our nostrils were pointed, unless we're moving or in the wind.
Would it be worse if our noses were in the backs of our heads?
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CHAPEL
United States
Round Rock
Texas
"that's a smith and wesson, and you've had your six"
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jessitron wrote:
Would it be worse if our noses were in the backs of our heads?
Praise Science!
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Josh Jennings
United States
San Diego
CA
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Also, I remember hearing that our noses evolved with the nostrils pointing downward so that when swimming water does not go straight into them. I think it would be a much larger inconvenience to have our nostrils pointed upwards and have to swim backwards.
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Andy K.
United States
Sacramento
California
Way-whu-nuh-now?!
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The real question about evolution and noses is this:
Why does a bright, diffuse light (such as the sky on a cloudy day) cause a person to sneeze? Or is that just me?
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Billy McBoatface
United States
Lexington
Massachusetts
KGS is the #1 web site for playing go over the internet. Visit now!
Yes, I really am that awesome.
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I want flaps so I can cover my nostrils without using fingers. Like camels have. Really, is it so much to ask for?
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Jess i TRON
United States
Saint Louis
Missouri
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ACK ACK wrote: The real question about evolution and noses is this:
Why does a bright, diffuse light (such as the sky on a cloudy day) cause a person to sneeze? Or is that just me?
Does it have to be diffuse? I think looking at the sun causes sneezing.
Maybe to say "You idiot! Quit staring at the sun!"
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Key Locks
United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
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ACK ACK wrote: The real question about evolution and noses is this:
Why does a bright, diffuse light (such as the sky on a cloudy day) cause a person to sneeze? Or is that just me?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/25832/item/522862?comm...
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Andy K.
United States
Sacramento
California
Way-whu-nuh-now?!
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Leezer wrote:
Well, damnit! Now I've gone and learnt something. That's not what Chit Chat is supposed to be about.
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SAKURA in KYOTO 2018 Back to Kansai
England
York
North Yorkshire
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Can we please stop calling 'The Scientific Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection' just evolution? I know it's short hand but it avoids the point that it is is a scientific theory and not just a vague hunch and the fact that it involves natural selection and not just evolution by chance. Too many people don't know what it is short for and it matters.
ahem.
Thank you. Please continue.
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J
United States
Lexington
Kentucky
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ACK ACK wrote: Why does a bright, diffuse light (such as the sky on a cloudy day) cause a person to sneeze? Or is that just me?
it's called the photic sneeze reflex and is genetic. perhaps way back in the day it was advantageous for cave dwellers to sneeze when exiting the murky depths to clear their lungs of nasty stuff 
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Michael Barlow
Canada
Stratford
Ontario
No one takes the time to read anymore.
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EYE of NiGHT wrote: Can we please stop calling 'The Scientific Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection' just evolution? I know it's short hand but it avoids the point that it is is a scientific theory and not just a vague hunch and the fact that it involves natural selection and not just evolution by chance. Too many people don't know what it is short for and it matters.
What? How very 2oth Century of you. 
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Michael Barlow
Canada
Stratford
Ontario
No one takes the time to read anymore.
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thermogimp wrote: Also, I remember hearing that our noses evolved with the nostrils pointing downward so that when swimming water does not go straight into them. I think it would be a much larger inconvenience to have our nostrils pointed upwards and have to swim backwards.
Oh, yes. Aquatic Ape Theory.
How very very 20th Century of you. 
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Eugene Tackleberry
United States
Pennsylvania
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Reprint wrote: Please tell me it's a randomly determined fluke of evolution that humans of all the animals have nostrils so designed that we cannot escape smelling our own gas, whether standing up, sitting down, or even lying down?
Nobody nose. Get it? get it? 
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Ludes
United States
Honor
Michigan
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Q: Evolution and noses?
A: Bacon.
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King of All Simians — Not a Mere Diplomat
United States
Wilmington
Select State
I love you.
I love you.
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Reprint wrote: Please tell me it's a randomly determined fluke of evolution that humans of all the animals have nostrils so designed that we cannot escape smelling our own gas, whether standing up, sitting down, or even lying down?
But your own gas doesn't smell bad!
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Jeff Wiles
United States
Macon
Georgia
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Holmes! wrote: Reprint wrote: Please tell me it's a randomly determined fluke of evolution that humans of all the animals have nostrils so designed that we cannot escape smelling our own gas, whether standing up, sitting down, or even lying down? But your own gas doesn't smell bad!
Speak for yourself.
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