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I don't think that's right.

When overheated, you sweat. Sweat leads to evaporation, which leads to your skin cooling.

In humid environments, our sweat does not evaporate as well. This leads to less cooling, which leads to more sweating and thus more water loss.



Anyone that's been in a sauna can verify this. High humidity humidity feels hotter. You can demonstrate this by throwing water onto the sauna heater - the sauna will instantly feel a lot hotter.


Hmm... but what happens when you get dehydrated, which happens faster in a dry environment?




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