system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Is there a limit to the amount of flavor a person can process?

Is that pepper actually hotter than a person can taste, or is sugar sweeter but a person is limited by their taste buds or brain receptors?
gpt
Yes, there is a point where your sensory receptors become 100% satiated and no longer accept additional imput.

You can test this yourself.  Close your eyes, and have a friend hold something fragrant under your nose for between 5 and 10 seconds, an try to guess when they take it away.  Chances are you will guess too early, because your scent receptors filled up, and no longer registered the smell.