Tastes are much more physically present than sounds or smells, something does indeed rest on your tongue and produce a particular sensation, but tasting is what is known as a “chemical” sense, like smelling. Unlike either sounds or smells, tasting is a very close-up sense—you can imagine, maybe quite accurately what a chocolate cake will taste like when you see it on a distant table, although you might be able to smell it and you certainly do see it, but…