Bet you it is, since most people are simply unawarw of the things they should be smelling for, and since many people don't cook their own food they have no confidence in their abilities.

Seems a little weird to assume diminished sense of smell based on their comment comparing their sense to that of an electronic device tailor made for smelling...

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

Does practice cooking improve your ability to smell when food has gone bad? It seems like an instinctual hardwired thing to me.

I didn't interpret their comment to mean that their nose is not as sensitive as the electronic sensor, I read it as "my nose isn't very sensitive".