On (10 May 06) Nicolay Simonov wrote to George Pope...
 NS>  02 May 06 at 14:06 you wrote to Bj”rn:
 NS>  GP> Most people have normal nerve endings in their skin so when the
 NS> skin
 NS>  GP> is pierced by thousabds of needles, there is what we humans call
 NS>  GP> "pain". . .
 NS>
 NS>  Actually, if the needles are big in number, the power of pressure is
 NS> divided equally between them. So the pain will be great deal less if
 NS> there are thousands of them.

Compared to one big needle of the same diameter as the collective
diameters, yes, but you're still having your skin PIERCED.  The
phenomenon you're referring to is how you can lie on a bed of needles
without getting pierced, because of the congregate spread of pressure
over them all -- in that case you're NOT being pierced. . .

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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