#1: The Strange Trick Behind “Feeling Wet”
Jerry Seinfeld once joked that humans only like water when we choose it ourselves — a shower is fine, a pool is wonderful, but a single raindrop ruins our whole day. The funny part? Our skin doesn’t actually feel wetness. That sensation isn’t real.
Instead, the brain constructs the idea of “wet” by mixing inputs from temperature receptors, touch receptors, and past experiences. It’s essentially your brain running a simulation. Cold plus pressure plus familiarity equals “wet.” So yes — the sensation that rain feels inconvenient isn’t your skin betraying you… it’s your brain making assumptions.
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