Huh that’s neat!
It makes sense that it is the touch sensing the heat, but it’s not like a physical touch against an object so that’s the only reason I thought it could be treated differently for the purpose of this shower thought.
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gustofwind@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That was your sense of touch reacting to the heat
Touch encompasses a wide range of sensations like soft, prickly, sharp, hot, cold, etc, it’s basically the widest variety of sensation with the most stuff going on.
It’s possible to smell heat because that’s also a touch sensation occurring within your nose or a learned association of the sensation of smelling something hot
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Nomad@infosec.pub 7 hours ago
But it is. Heat is nothing but very fast Brownian motion of particles. So the kind of very warm light touch comes from fast moving particles in a gas emanating from your cup of Joe and touching your upper lip.
Reyali@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Not directly related but your comment reminded me of it: did you know you can hear a difference in hot vs cold water?
And I don’t mean that as a general, “one can learn to hear it,” I mean it as, “this is a skill you probably have that you likely never realized you have.” (Unless you have also seen this video or something like it.)
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
You can also hear the difference between crispy and crunchy! And how full a bottle is of water as you fill it!
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Or how full an opaque bottle of water is when you pick it up, just by feeling how it sloshes inside the container. Our brains are doing some serious math
Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 hours ago
I mean… I can hear the difference between boiling water and ice shifting so I guess that’s true? 🤔