If It Smells good It Is Good

In the most recent episode of Cosmos, The host Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the neural network in our brains which determine our sense of smell and memory, and later, he travels deep beneath the surface of the Earth to discover the most mysterious particle we know."

Our sense of smell invokes many emotions tied back to events in our life. Neil could of easily referred back to B.F. Skinner's theory on stimulus and response or the simple associative principle of Mathematics. One proven the other a theory in psychology.

In retrospect I now understand why a Beagle savors ever minute of every single walk and memories associated with it. Not sure how they wrap their minds around it.

Then there is Adam Duritz line from a classic two step ballad.

And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings.

Some how our sense of smell is more forgiving.