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 “feels” cold because the tile is good at conducting heat OUT of your body and into the tile.
The tile is not actually colder than everything else in the room it’s just better at drawing heat out of your body which makes you feel colder.
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