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		mhall on Dec 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A chemical signal in human female tears lowers agg... If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to smell it, does it make an odor?

tentacleuno on Dec 23, 2023 [–]

Well, the chemicals are there, but nobody's there to interpret them as an odor... so sort of yes?

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