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A person can lie down on a bed of nail without getting injured because the area of the bed is large, so the force is distributed evenly on the bed thus make the pressure is smaller. Pressure = force / area.

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When there are so many nails the weight is spread out over them all making the pressure on each individual one just about equal to a pinch. Heres an experiment you can try, lay one thumb tack pointed side up on a table and press your palm on it, " ouch " right? now put the whole box of them there gathered together as tight as you can and press your palm again, you can put quite a lot of pressure on your hand before it even becomes uncomfortable.. there you have it The more nails there are the less pressure there is per square inch. If there's enough nails its almost like laying on a solid surface.

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As all the body weight is being spread over 100s of nails so re amount of pressure on each nail is low, of you were to stand on it you would cut your feet as your body weight is now resting on a small area

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