In a thermodynamic class I took in 1989, the professor was talking about the transfer of heat and someone asked this question. The prof. didn’t attempt to explain it because it was off topic from the lecture, but he did say the answer had a more complex biological reason, and not that the floor was actually colder.
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The tile floor is cooler than your body, and it is good at absorbing and conducting heat. What you feel as cold it simply heat leaving your body faster than usual.
You don’t feel absolute hot or cold, you only feel the rate at which heat is leaving (or entering your body)
That’s also why water feels cooler than air of the same temperature
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