Temperature is the amount of kinetic energy in a system. Are we feeling the force of the molecules hitting our skin when we detect something as being hot? Do we feel the kinetic energy in our skin decreasing when something feels cold? What do we actually feel when we detect temperature differences between our bodies and the objects with which we come into contact?
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What we feel is the transfer of heat energy between our skin and the object we are touching. If energy is transferring from the object to our skin out body interprets it as feeling hot, while if energy is transferring from our skin to the object our body interprets it as feeling cold.
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