The idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that “persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it.” Also wrong: the notion that taste is limited to the mouth.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra2304578

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where else can you taste food? In your nose?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, sort of. Taste and smell are almost the same sense.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's lots of stuff textbooks get wrong simply because there's no easy way to explain how it ACTUALLY works at an appropriate grade level.

For example, wings and lift. We're told that the curved surface of a wing causes air to move faster on one side of the wing than the other and this generates lift.

No, that's not how it works, but you can be forgiven for thinking that since that's all most people are taught.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Causes less air pressure at the upper side, so the lower side pushes up, no?

And the upside down flying is simply due to gliding mechanics, no?