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> the surface temperature of the nose being raised specifically via (a) infrared light
If you've ever felt the sun on your skin, you've sensed heat from electromagnetic radiation.
If you've ever been in front of an infrared lamp or heater, you've sensed heat from infrared light in specific.
How would that be a new sense category?
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> the surface temperature of the nose being raised specifically via (a) infrared light
If you've ever felt the sun on your skin, you've sensed heat from electromagnetic radiation.
If you've ever been in front of an infrared lamp or heater, you've sensed heat from infrared light in specific.
How would that be a new sense category?