Ashwin Nanjappa 👨💻Obituary for entomologist Justin Schmidt, who studied stinging insects and deliberately got bitten by them to study the pain. He compiled a "Schmidt Index" 1-4 pain ranking of various insect bites with vivid descriptions. 🎆
"Bullet ant" with the highest pain index of 4: "pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail in your heel."
