160: The Science of The Schmidt Pain Scale

Justin Schmidt has been stung by over 100 insects. Being a scientist, he used his experience to create a scale for measuring the pain of insect stings. You won't believe what some people do with the most painful sting we've found....

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References & Further Reading

1. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/scroller-schmidt-painscale/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/magazine/the-connoisseur-of-pain.html
3. https://entomologytoday.org/2016/09/30/a-peek-into-the-mind-of-the-creator-of-the-schmidt-sting-pain-index/
4. https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477852486/stung-by-83-different-insects-biologist-rates-his-pain-on-a-scale-of-1-to-ow
5. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Justin-O-Schmidt-40012997
6. https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/11/experience-i-have-been-stung-by-150-species-of-insect
7. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.940010205
8. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/amp/news/2019/2/king-of-sting-rates-most-painful-insects-558529
9. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/insect-stings
10. https://www.thoughtco.com/bullet-ant-sting-facts-4174296