Why do hot things seem to get hotter the longer I hold them?

Question

I mean like mugs full of hot water and stuff like that.
I undestand they don’t actually get any hotter than they already are, so why does it feel like that?

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Answer 1

You don’t sense *things*; you sense *changes* in things.

So: you don’t feel temperature; you feel changes in temperature. The longer you hold it, the more and more the temperature of your fingers is *changing.*