From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   Robert Carnegie  wrote or quoted:   
   >Now what's that short story, possibly on Mars,   
   >where it's determined that a sense which the   
   >aliens have and humans don't, can be given by   
   >stimulating a certain part of the brain -   
   >to appreciate an alien performed art form -   
   >but the stimulation is destructive.   
   >   
   >Obviously, a human undergoes the process,   
   >appreciates the art form, and then regrets   
   >that they now can never experience it again.   
      
     "The Secret Sense" (1941-03) by Isaac Asimov (1920/1992).   
      
     I know it because IIRC it was mentioned in "alt.usage.english",   
     maybe even several times. So, I deem it to be a rather famous story.   
      
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