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Our Senses

Main Question
Why do my hands burn when I put them under luke warm water after they've been really cold?

Sub Questions

  1. Does this mean our senses are relative and not absolute?
  2. If so, what evolutionary advantage does this have?
  3. When I'm putting my hand in the luke warm water and I'm having the burning feeling, are my hands actually being physically burned at all?

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Comments

your nerve endings have been numbed by extreme weather, and have most likely compressed. Cold contracts, heat expands. The burning feeling after lukewarm water is the action of cold, stiff contracted nerves getting a)water and b)warmth. They are both expanding agents. Your hands have the largest amount of nerve endings relative to area second to your lips. I don't necessarily know that the burning sensation is an evolutionary advantage, it is a 'con' if you will, for the perk of being so sensitive...so sensitive that we can read with our hands and not our eyes...It truly is a miracle.

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