rank the senses

You enjoy feeling warmth more than smelling a nice smell?

Actually, taste is far too high in your list too, given that most of what we "taste" is actually from smell. Saltiness, sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness and that weird MSG one are not really that exciting without smell. A friend of mine has no sense of smell and food for her is mostly about texture.

And wait, I assumed your list was about enjoyment rather than usefulness but how is balance more enjoyable than smell?? You really hate smell!

sight
hearing
touch
smell
taste
thermoception
proprioception
equilibrioception
nociception

Actually, swap taste and thermoception over. I do like feeling the sun on my back.

I've thought about this a lot. The one thing I never want to lose is sight. With sight I can still get around in the world - without sound I can sign, I can read, I can use the net etc. I can *communicate*. Without sight I'm screwed and in fact (as someone whos eyesight is dodgy already) the idea of going blind terrifies me.

Mind you losing proprioception is also a scary thing to think of. I don't imagine many people are even aware of what it is. But the concept that you know where your whole body is without looking at it constantly... and losing that? Eek.

Dumb question: whats nociception?

I've thought about this too, actually - hearing is the one I want to keep. I can't imagine not being able to talk to people, to hear their voices.

WHat the devil are you talking about!