Eli5: why does warm 67 degrees feel different than cool 67 degrees

Question

I’m in my car and I set the AC to 67 it feels different than if I set my heat to 67. Shouldn’t 67 degrees be 67 degrees

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Answer 1

Because it’s relative to the temperature you were in before thag 67 degrees.

If you come in from outside in a snowstorm, 67 degrees will be warm. If you come in from a heatwave, 67 degrees will be cooling you off.

And when you’re in your house, with the heating and AC off, then you choose which you’ll turn on based on what you need, it’ll feel like what the goal is: An AC won’t warm the place to 67 degrees, it will cool it. A heater won’t cool the place to 67 degrees, it will warm it.