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Proof That Chili Peppers Aren't Actually Hot

Published October 17, 2024 · 0:47

Proof That Chili Peppers Aren't Actually Hot

The chili, by the way, isn't actually hot. Do you know this? The chili wants to be eaten. If I'm right, it wants to be eaten by parrots, but not by insects and not by mammals. Parrots aren't sensitive to capsaicin. Humans and some insects are. There's nothing hot about a chili. It doesn't burn your mouth or, indeed, other parts of your digestive tract.
Because it's hot, it actually hacks perception. Capsaicin makes your sensors in your mouth hypersensitive to heat. So anything that comes into contact with them in association with chili feels really, really hot. It's total innovation. It's changing the way we perceive something rather than changing the reality.

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