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Frank_Baker Frank_Baker
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8 years ago
I saw a news article and so I asked this biologist at my university if it was possible for cell metabolic heat to suddenly set somebody's skin on fire.

She said it was 'impossible', 'because at about 90 C enzymes in cells break down in nanoseconds'  So is she right? The media tells me otherwise. This woman has a Ph D.
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Educator
8 years ago
She said it was 'impossible', 'because at about 90 C enzymes in cells break down in nanoseconds'  So is she right?

She is right. An enzyme is 1x10^-6 of a meter. It would disintegrate into carbon instantly.

We've discussed this before.
Frank_Baker Author
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8 years ago
so that means every single claim of SHC is false?
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Educator
8 years ago
Every last one of them.
Frank_Baker Author
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8 years ago
but baby Rahul's mother angrily denied child abuse and the whole family supports her claim. including the husband she had a second child recently and it happened to him too. but her daughter doesn't burn.

I remember reading about cases where people suddenly felt their skin was hot, and smoke came from it
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Educator
8 years ago
lol No, it's all fake.
Frank_Baker Author
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8 years ago
how can you be certain it's all fake? some things once thought to be impossible were later found to be possible.
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Educator
8 years ago Edited: 8 years ago, bio_man
how can you be certain it's all fake? some things once thought to be impossible were later found to be possible.

It is fake due to a lack of scientific proof/evidence that satisfies *my* logical mind.
Frank_Baker Author
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8 years ago
Just because these people weren't hooked up in labs before it happened doesn't mean it did not or could not happen.
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Educator
8 years ago
True, but they don't have to be. This claim is simply absurd.
Frank_Baker Author
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8 years ago
in terms of biology, how? theres a difference between absurd and impossible
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Educator
8 years ago
in terms of biology, how? theres a difference between absurd and impossible

We've discussed biologically why it's fake, not interested in entertaining that notion again (and again)
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