user65738: Somebody asked how many different senses are now known to exist, having seen a vague remark on Wikipedia about how
it used to be said that humans had five senses but "science had now discovered that there were more than that".
How many senses do humans have?
Would a brief explanation of why it doesn't work like that and they can't really be classified neatly enough to count them, with some description of what senses there are and how they sometimes merge into each other (for instance, what's usually referred to as "taste" is partly the same as "smell" and partly not, whereas "touch" is a lot of things (heat, vibration, pressure) which are actually separate systems), be a valid answer by the Biology.SE rules? I think I could manage that myself, if nobody else wants to.
(Not sure if I've got the tags right, feel free to fix.)

user27148: In general across SE we call these "frame challenge" answers.
Often these are very well-received and can be very useful to askers in redirecting their thinking. I think this one might be a candidate for that.
Other times, people react poorly to frame challenges, which seems to me to happen especially when voters feel the original question should have been closed, in particular for lack of prior research. Can't make promises about others liking your answer.

65738: <p>Somebody asked how many different senses are now known to exist, having seen a vague remark on Wikipedia about how
it used to be said that humans had five senses but &quot;science had now discovered that there were more than that&quot;.</p>
<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/q/100634/65738">How many senses do humans have?</a></p>
<p>Would a brief explanation of why it doesn't work like that and they can't really be classified neatly enough to count them, with some description of what senses there are and how they sometimes merge into each other (for instance, what's usually referred to as &quot;taste&quot; is partly the same as &quot;smell&quot; and partly not, whereas &quot;touch&quot; is a lot of things (heat, vibration, pressure) which are actually separate systems), be a valid answer by the Biology.SE rules? I think I could manage that myself, if nobody else wants to.</p>
<p>(Not sure if I've got the tags right, feel free to fix.)</p>
 27148: <p>In general across SE we call these &quot;frame challenge&quot; answers.</p>
<p>Often these are very well-received and can be very useful to askers in redirecting their thinking. I think this one might be a candidate for that.</p>
<p>Other times, people react poorly to frame challenges, which seems to me to happen especially when voters feel the original question should have been closed, in particular for lack of prior research. Can't make promises about others liking your answer.</p>
