You touch your finger to your lip, what your brain “says” is that your lips are being touched by something, and the signal from your finger takes the back seat. You touch the same fingertip to your thigh your brain says the finger is the primary sensation, and you feel the thigh via the finger rather than the finger via the thigh the way the lips worked.

This was wild to experience. Thank you for the interactive educational lesson.

If Lemmy had a c/bestof, I’d be cross-posting. Thank you OP!