[svandamme]

note, it's also very limited in height. .it's not like your metal spoon will suddenly turn hot in your hand as you scoop up food out of the pot...
Obviously you should avoid holding a metal spoon in your hand and then holding it right over the induction zone.. that would be a bad idea

But then again, it would probably be even worse if you held it over lit gas burner.
I'm not going to try either to figure out which is worse