[DoreenMichele]

Thank you.

What I am trying to figure out specifically -- to mental model -- is what impact this has on human comfort, per the original question.

So I have lived in very hot and humid places -- like Georgia, where it is often around 100F in summer -- and I have lived in even hotter places with a much dryer climate -- like the Mojave Desert, where it can get to 115F and I would wait until nightfall to go for walks for exercise at 99F and no sun. Humidity does make a big difference in how uncomfortable a temperature is. If it is hot and dry, you can stay reasonably comfortable if you get enough fluids and electrolytes into you and stay out of direct sunlight.

I'm trying to fit this into a mental model of that sort. Like is a boiling temperature going to burn you? Or, you know "It's a dry heat, man!" only "It's in the vacuum of space, man!"

Thanks to anyone who replies to this.

[Groxx]

Aaah, gotcha. Yeah, that's definitely fuzzier... like, what does boiling feel like if it's room temperature.

I imagine some of it depends on what our heat-sensors actually react to. At the least-interesting case, seems like being above boiling without heat would feel fizzy, just because it's physically doing that to the outer layers of your skin. Or something like laser hair removal, where it kinda feels like a hard slap.

[DoreenMichele]

Thanks.