And we think.... oh we're so intelligent, we can make anything.
Why not make a cup that holds stuff like hot coffee or tea or heated liquor, which has material which cools at the same rate as the water inside of it, so that we always know what temperature our hot coffee/tea/liquor is... but our hands feel temperature differently than our mouths. Which touches your mouth first? Your coffee or your cup?
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At least we can always hold our cup without getting burned. We can easily choose when to drink our coffee after. The cup doesn't even need a handle, because it doesn't absorb as much heat from the drink. Not only that... the drink cools slower on top of it, so you don't have to take larger sips for it to feel hot. Ta-Da. Because it was another memory from before I was hit.