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by blitzar 161 days ago
I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling; seen that.
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I've been to the Sistine Chapel, and yes it has a lovely ceiling, but it's also jammed full of other tourists who are also craning their necks and not looking where they're going.

While the Vatican has a lot more loot and bling to look at, I'd say looking at the pictures on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_... is the superior experience.

The same goes for the Mona Lisa, which is the least interesting painting in the Louvre. Either see it in a crowded room full of tourists, behind a glass case, or see every last brushstroke at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa (7k x 11k pixels in uniform lighting)

Personally I liked seeing the brickwork of St. Peter's dome more, but each to their own.

But maybe you will be able to soon! The ERC apparently allocated 11M € for a project to create "an olfactory equivalent of Google Street View" [1].

(yes, I know this wasn't the point)

[1]: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101118977

Sensuality is crucial to intelligence maybe?