I've always believed this to be true. The problem is for me at least it seems that it takes a couple months and by that time the peak is past. 80 degrees in May feels about as tolerable as 95 by the end of summer. Same for cold temperature. 40 in February or March is like t shirt weather.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Well, it depends. It doesn't really make it more survivable, but it does make it more bearable. Lots of people are going to die from the heat, which just being acclimated isn't really going to help with. Just like the frog, you might not notice the heat if it increases slowly enough, but it's still going to cook you eventually.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, we do the same with cold. It's not for seasons, though. It's because humans live everywhere and need to be able to adapt. But it's counterproductive to be very good at keeping yourself warm if you live in the tropics. While it's not very useful to be able to shed heat efficiently in the polar regions.

On another note, you can build tolerance to capsaicin, the chemical responsible for spicy foods. So you can build tolerance to 2 kinds of heat!