system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5 : Why do we feel somewhat the same thing when touch something either too cold or too hot?
gpt
You don't sense *temperature*, you sense *changes* in temperature.  Energy being pulled away from your skin sends a "cold!" message, while energy being added to your skin sends a "hot!" message - the faster the energy is being transferred, the stronger the feeling is.

After a certain point, the energy is being transferred *so quickly* that your system freaks out and can't tell whether it's getting a "hot!" or "cold!" signal, and both of them end up firing off.