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When I was asked this in a hospital, for a brief moment I thought about answering like the xkcd. But decided it was better not to
https://xkcd.com/883/
Once a paramedic asked me to rate my pain, and I asked if I should use a linear or log scale. He said I could use whichever one I want, so now I always use a log scale
Good idea, this actually makes more sense!
There is a board game called Wavelength where you play on teams and try to get your teammates to guess where a randomly placed dial lies on a spectrum. The game is really about guessing what your teammates will think the two extremes are because everyone has different ways of thinking. For example, on a spectrum of cold to hot, you could think of it from like ice to fire or from absolute zero to the Planck temperature. It's very interesting and I think it's good to play because it shows that people's perceptions differ even on pretty basic things.
Japanese radiation guy. All pain pales in comparison to his death.
well, that was something I didn't need to research and now kinda wish I hadn't.