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Genetic engineering: Planning ahead

Back in the early days of Long Burn I asked the blogees, if you were to invent a new knob or button, what would it do? And the answers mostly had something to do with punishing other car drivers for their criminal behavior.

Today's question is: If you could invent a new sense for human beings, what would it be?

I'll go first: I would invent a new kind of taste bud, so that in addition to salt, sour, sweet, bitter and umani, we could taste the glycemic index of food. Wouldn't that be something? You'd automatically know which foods lead to obesity, insulin resistance and heart disease. You'd taste something and think, eww, white flour or yech sugar or yum, protein, fiber and vegetable oils.

posted by Matt_J @ 4:17 PM