Psychology Question

[Covar]

If I keep telling myself that this Coke Zero tastes just as good as a regular coke will I eventually perceive it to be true?

 

[Dave]

Like most diet sodas you will become accustomed to the taste and then the regular kind will taste overly sweet and you'll hate it.

So...truthfully the answer is yes.

 

[MindDetective]

More like, sort of yes. You'll learn to like it but you will still be able to tell the difference. If you never drink the full-sugared stuff again, you'll forget what it tastes like.

 

[Chibibar]

More like, sort of yes. You'll learn to like it but you will still be able to tell the difference. If you never drink the full-sugared stuff again, you'll forget what it tastes like.

That is true.

But I actually like Coke Zero

 

[Covar]

Thanks Dave (and others), you're always so helpful.

 

[Dave]

More like, sort of yes. You'll learn to like it but you will still be able to tell the difference. If you never drink the full-sugared stuff again, you'll forget what it tastes like.

What I'm saying is right now he tries but doesn't really like Coke Zero as he compares it unfavorably to regular Coke. After drinking unleaded a while he will be the other way and not like Coke as it will taste too sugary. So while I agree with you, my way is the more psychologically accurate answer - which is what he asked. :tongue:

 

[Baerdog]

How would things change if he decided to drink his Coke Zero out of a Coke Classic bottle? Would seeing the Coke Classic packaging help him convince his brain that it really does taste the same?

 

[MindDetective]

I drank Coke Zero for about two years and regular coke tasted better when I did eventually drink it. Perhaps if he stopped eating or drinking all sugar, you might be right. If he still consumer sugar in other ways, it would not taste too sweet, though.

 

[Cajungal]

I tried to trick myself like this. Didn't work. I was stuck between regular, too-sweet soda and artificially sweetened sodas that tasted like some sort of nasty bitter foam. Now when I want a sweet beverage I make myself a fruit smoothie or stick melon/grapes and soda water in a blender. It's not obnoxiously sweet, and you get some vitamins.

 

[Necronic]

Diet sodas taste like poison.

Although I only drink them when I am seeing my ex....