Perception is very important and the prior belief of what you believe reality to be. Food coloring plays a big role exploiting this, price exploits this, packaging, etc., etc. It's all about consciousness perceiving reality then confirming its own assumptions heavily based on belief.Quote: renoOn a (slightly) related note, fMRI brain scans of people drinking cola revealed that premium cola brands (Coke & Pepsi) stimulated the left ventral striatum, while the generic cola brand stimulated the medial orbitofrontal cortex. The belief that you are drinking a specific brand impacts “neural responses signalling reward in the brain."
I would bet against you unless maybe you had a giant nose.Quote: AxelWolfNot sure about wine and champagne because I hate it all. Beer is fine, I rarely care what kind it is, as long as its in a mug, warm beer doesn't bother me , cant stand the dark ale.
When it comes to the Hard stuff, I absolutely can tell the diffidence between knock off brands and name brands. Knock off brands of Crown, Grand Marnier, and especially Frangelico are not good. Sometimes I like cheap brands better then expensive ones. I think Smirnoff Vodka is better then Grey Goose or absolute.