You've probably heard me express my opinion that we all need to think and be more active mentally instead of doing things by rote.
Here's a question to think about: Would it feel colder to be bare-skinned in outer-space, or at the bottom of the ocean? Let's ignore the repercussions of extremes in pressures for the sake of this example.
If this seems interesting, more questions will follow.
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Answer is in comments. I think that I will try to use a question more suitable for general audiences if I were to again pose such a question.
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well... i imagine that in space, it would be really cold in the nether regions of the dark unknown and not so much if you're near a star or something. also, don't parts of the ocean floor have those deep sea hydrothermal vents that are really hot? or underwater volcanoes or something like that... i forget but anyways i vote for outerspace because aside from being cold, i'd feel more lonely out there :( not that that's the point. sorry i'm not science-y enough to come up with a real answer lol.
Assuming we're not right next to a star, or sitting on a deep hydrothermal vent, I would still say outer space. At the bottom of the ocean, sound can still propagate; there remains some sort of communication. However, in outer space, there is absolutely no sound. For someone who's deeply rooted in music, I would feel much colder knowing that I would never hear anything; the silence would amplify the coldness, or at least make it seem colder than it is, relatively.
Neither because I would be dead and wouldn't feel anything.
A person would feel colder at the bottom of the ocean because the sensation of cold is based on heat transfer, not actual heat content. Because there are virtually no particles to conduct heat away from skin in a vacuum, one would not feel the sensation of cold that would be obvious when in constant contact with near-freezing water.
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