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Frank_Baker Frank_Baker
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9 years ago
What do you think of this? Is this unprofessional on the educational system's side?

My son has a practice exam paper he brought home a couple of weeks ago, and I was appalled:

Here it is: '''' ' Breaking apart a molecule through combination of oxygen is burning and is also how we measure the energy content of the chemical bonds, in calories using a calorimeter. However, cell metabolism is a ''slow burn''. Write the reason why rapid direct oxidation cannot naturally occur in the cell environment-that is, why ''spontaneous human combustion'' is not possible. '''

Are biased questions such as this commonplace in science papers? How is such a wrongful statement even allowed? There have been many cases of SHC. It is far from 'impossible' and very disgraceful to the families affected.
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9 years ago
There have been many cases of SHC.

There are no cases of SHC. It's all your imagination.

*Update*

Baby Rahul has grown up now, he's five! He told me he was just playing a prank on everyone a couple year back.
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Frank_Baker Author
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9 years ago
No he hasn't grown up.

There's also the case of Frank Baker you should look at. Skeptics are baffled.
Just because it hasn't happened in a lab doesn't mean it isn't true, can't happen , or is nonsense.

''Unlikely'' doesn't mean it could not have occured!

I doubt a clump of cells will spontaneously combust in front of a scientist due to the rarity of these events.
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9 years ago
No he hasn't grown up.

Yes, he has. I spoke to him last night. Are you calling me a liar? Confounded Face
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