You Can't Feel Wet

Veritasium · 0:54

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Put on a glove and dip your hand into icy water. You'll notice it still feels wet?

But the glove is waterproof, how does this work?

That's because wet isn't a feeling, we use other sensory information to feel water...…

Put on a glove and dip your hand into icy water. You'll notice it still feels wet?

But the glove is waterproof, how does this work?

That's because wet isn't a feeling, we use other sensory information to feel water...…

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