Why does pressing against something hot make you hotter I can't know for sure if this is a physics or biology question but when pressing against a hot object it feels hotter the harder I press. Any reason?
 A: It's probably due to the increased surface area of contact. As you press harder your skin deforms more and it covers more of the object. Since more surface area means more heat conductance it feels to be hotter.
It could also be due to decreased distance between your "heat receptors" and the object. A decreased distance means the heat reaches the "heat receptors" at a faster rate, and so the object appears to be hotter.
It comes down to any factor that quickens the time and raises amount of heat to diffuse to you.
A: The figure below shows the cross section of the skin. Note that the nerve endings are between the dermis and epidermis layers. When you press your skin against a surface you compress the epidermis decreasing the thermal path between the surface of the skin and the nerve endings which are the thermal receptors that signal hot. This is essentially what @Aaron Stevens said. 
For steady heat flow, the heat flow rate is proportional to the conductivity of the epidermis and the cross sectional area, and inversely proportional the the length of the path, for a given temperature difference. Compressing the skin decreases the path.
Bottom line, I think it feels hotter because compressing the epidermis increases the heat transfer rate from the surface contacted to the thermal receptors in the skin.
Hope this helps.

