If I touch an electricity source (let’s say a phase wire) with my index finger, and another very conductive material with my little finger, will the current go only through my hand?

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Or will it nevertheless go through my body and wreak havoc like it normally would?

I’m not actually planning on conducting (pun intended) this experiment, just wondering whether the electricity could be “guided” through the body in any predictable way.

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Fun fact: In engineering school my professor always touched circuit boards with one hand behind his back. He said all old engineers did it that way because they learned on 120v boards where if you accidentally completed the circuit with both hands the electricity would flow through your body and could stop your heart.

Our boards were 5-12v and a whole lot less dangerous.