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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis
As for what you and Jens are talking about, with regards to feeling heat, I might offer some insight. IIRC from anatomy class in high school and college, humans detect neither hot nor cold, but delta-T, or a change in temperature.
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Not on topic either, but I think that's not quite accurate. Maybe it's a simplification. I think that what we feel is actually whether our body is having to expend energy to keep our body temperature up or down. The reason I say this is that air at 35 centigrade feels uncomfortably warm, whereas getting into a bath at 35 centigrade feels cold. I think it's because the 35 degree water drains out body heat, whereas the air doesn't. In any case, I can go outside in cold temperature, and keep feeling cold even if the temperature hasn't changed.