How can hot water feel cold for a split second then you feel how hot it actually is

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How can hot water feel cold for a split second then you feel how hot it actually is

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Because our nerves and the way we feel (and experience) things is mostly relative. With the extreme hot feeling cold v/v, the first flash of sensation overloads the receptors. So you can accurately surmise that you felt “cold”, but it’s like a false-positive based on our nerves/brain/our etc limitations of interpreting signals.

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