No, the branding iron isn't insulated by an inch of dry carbon. Are you really this uninformed about heat, fire, and the things between? Didn't you burn stuff as a kid?
Firewalking, Real or NUTS?
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knifegill;4182628; said:
The coals in most of the firewalking pics I've seen aren't insulated with "an inch of carbon" if they were you would not see ANYTHING glowing red! Ever feel infrared heat? Ever put your hand close to red hot coals? "Insulated" or not?
I'm not uninformed about heat and probably have more experience with it than most people, as I've done a lot of welding, acetylene torch work, soldering, etc.
Then you should know more than me about how heat moves from molecule to molecule, shouldn't you? Oddly, you seem not to. I'm no expert, but I've played with a lot of fire. Pyro to the core. I've handled burning coals hot-potato style and I tell you now that the black side is practically cold.
Okay, okay. We've got several factors at play in out discussion about heat. Some of the most relevant might be:
The matter from which the heat originates
The matter to which it is being transferred
The matter through which it must pass to get from one to the other
The amount of time the origin and target are touching
The amount of pressure applied
There's plenty more, I'm sure. But if you start tweaking these variables, it's not tough to create a scenario where a target surface won't be damaged by the heat from the origin. The easiest to adjust is time. And walking happens pretty darn quickly. Unlike roasting a chicken.
Okay, okay. We've got several factors at play in out discussion about heat. Some of the most relevant might be:
The matter from which the heat originates
The matter to which it is being transferred
The matter through which it must pass to get from one to the other
The amount of time the origin and target are touching
The amount of pressure applied
There's plenty more, I'm sure. But if you start tweaking these variables, it's not tough to create a scenario where a target surface won't be damaged by the heat from the origin. The easiest to adjust is time. And walking happens pretty darn quickly. Unlike roasting a chicken.
knifegill;4182737; said:
I'm not saying it CAN'T work, but without all the variables finely controlled it WON'T work without a whole lot of pain!
Well, sure. Just not as much pain as you're imagining. It's probably no worse than leaning against a hot car on a sunny day.
knifegill;4183922; said:
Probably?
I don't think I'd try it based on "probably"! 
Skydiving instructor to student - "your parachute will probably open".
Thank you for the debate! I enjoyed it!
it actually is real people do it in i believe its a amazon tribe or something but thats just true faith i mean there are people in india who walk on broken glass let alone jump on it theres a lot of weird true and freaky **** lol
