From a discussion caffine-iv and I had on the subject:(excerpted with permission)
So, if chicken tastes like everything, couldn't we just simplify and only eat Chicken?
Actually, try to describe a sensory perception like taste in words. It's hard. You have to depend on shared experiences or analogies.
Maybe focus on texture, tang, juiciness, what images / smells it conjures, etc. Maybe that's why people think everything tastes like chicken. The texture may be the same, and it may not have a "Gamey" flavor.
Caffine-IV: Yeah, but logic dictates that if item A is like item B, item B must also be like item A.
Henceforthwith, If moose tatses like chicken, and duck tastes like chicken, and bear tastes like chicken, and pork tastes like chicken, and everything else tastes liek chicken, then chicken must also taste like everything.
plblark: Aaarrrggghhh what is the mathematical term for that
It's a certain class or type of relationship. In Automata theory, it's not always true that if the computational result of a->b is the same as the computational result of b->c then the computational result of a->c is the same… IT has to do with the path taken to get the result and the change in the state of the machine along the way.
This is analogous TO the human machine. The easiest way to describe something is in terms of something else since most people are not eloquent enough to express direct sensory perception. BUT, the effects are different. Think of how chocolate feels when melting in your mouth. Think of Juicy Steak. Think of a nice Chicken filet. They evoke different images / sensations / feelings / memories, right. Now, the challenge is HOW do you describe that to others?
Maybe chicken is used as default. Personally, I'd divide it into four broad categories:
Chicken
Beef
Pork
Game
Which is probably along the lines of texture. Note that Turkey tastes like Gamey Chicken. Bison tastes like porky / Dry Beef… etc.. as you string together more descriptive terms, the analogy gets more defined and the other party is more able to empathize with your description.
Caffine-IV: I saw a math equation once that proved 1 was equal to 0, due to a design flaw in the equation...
Other than that, I dunno.
plblark: the chicken == everything just got me thinking
Caffine-IV: Hehehe
plblark: Maybe chicken is the unifying theory? IT's equivalent to everything, the taste of anything is relevant, it's stringy… Hey, I think I'm onto something (or ON something, you decide) |
