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I am european so i write in celcius!
I am curious how we perceive temperatures (if thats the correct way of putting this).
We have given temperature a standard number for us to make is easy to name it. So 37 degrees (bodytemperature) is for everyone the same.
But how does it work when we give it the names “hot” and “cold”? for example: When you want to take a bath 37 degrees is the minimun temperature for it to be nice, maybe a little higher for your liking, but whenever the news will announce that the temparature outside wil be 37 degrees the next week, we will call it hot. 24 degrees wether is nice wether, but 24 degrees water for a bath is cold.
But its the percieving side of it that i dont get. How is that so different for different surroundings?
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The main way that people cool off is by sweating.
When you’re already surrounded by water sweat won’t be able to cool you off so you’ll feel hotter.
It’s the same reason that humid days feel hotter and cause more people to have heat stroke than non humid days with the same temperature.
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