Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>   The fingertips are the most sensitive part of the human body. You *really*
>>> want blood samples taken from your fingers?
> 
>> I believe the distinction of being *the* most sentivite part belongs 
>> to... well no, let's not go there... but I believe your mouth rates 
>> higher than your fingertips.
> 
>   No, I'm pretty sure the skin of the fingertips is the most sensitive of
> the human body. I remember reading that (maybe it was from the Guinnes book
> of records, or something like that).
> 
>   OTOH, it might be talking about other type of sensitivity than pain.

Possibly.

I understand that the greatest density of *nerve endings* (which doesn't 
automatically correlate with sensitivity) is the clitoris. (If you 
happen to have one. Obviously.) And that's by a considerable margin.

As to which parts have the best spatial resolution, touch / pressure / 
pain sensitivity, etc... well you would probably have a long argument 
about that. Surely your fingertips are high up on the list, but I doubt 
they're at the top. (Although surely higher than your elbow, which is 
the point you were really trying to make...)

> For
> example, you can read braille writing with your fingertips, but I'm pretty
> certain you can't do it with your tongue, even though a cut on your tongue
> might hurt more than a cut on your fingertip.

Funny you should mention that... I read about some people who conducted 
an experiment where patients learned to "see" through their tongue by 
having a set of electrodes connected to it. So merely reading braille 
should be quite easy.

>   Anyways, a cut in the finger hurts a lot. It's by far not the first place
> I would like a needle to be poked into me.

Actually, I'd prefer to not have any needles poked into me anywhere... >_<

I'm sure you'll agree with me on that point!

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