Why Touch Is Special
Matter and energy surround every human brain and its sensory extensions. Energy works on the entire variety of atoms. Despite our limited reception and distorted perception, our five senses receive some useful shadow of the interplay between photons and electrons. But when the senses are grouped according to whether they interact primarily with energy or matter, we become aware of a truth we may have already known intuitively: touch is special.Sight and hearing can be grouped together because they deal with energy. Visible light is the residual energy from the burst of gamma rays that accompanies the conversion of hydrogen to helium. This visible light then propagates its way through outer space, plays with the atoms of our atmosphere, land and seas.read more