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Fire Yogi

What kind of suit would one need in order to not get burned by this?

Would a standard issue firemen's coat resist such direct heat, and if so, for how long?
 
Somewhat impressive as a daring trick but not at all as something purporting to demonstrate powers or somesuch.
 
Does the addition of all the butter allow the fire to contain heat, at all? I was always told never to put butter on a burn, as it retains heat causing further damage.

Food contain energy, the more energy it contains the hotter it burns.

I can't help but notice a deafening silence from the forum's "ticks"...?
 
King of the Americas said:
Does the addition of all the butter allow the fire to contain heat, at all? I was always told never to put butter on a burn, as it retains heat causing further damage.

Food contain energy, the more energy it contains the hotter it burns.

I can't help but notice a deafening silence from the forum's "ticks"...?
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Then you're not listening. It is nearly entirely the skeptics who are addressing this issue. It isn't impressive as evidence of paranormal abilities.
 
King of the Americas said:
Does the addition of all the butter allow the fire to contain heat, at all? I was always told never to put butter on a burn, as it retains heat causing further damage.

Food contain energy, the more energy it contains the hotter it burns.

I can't help but notice a deafening silence from the forum's "ticks"...?
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No, it's complete nonsense. You don't put butter on a burn because you can introduce bacteria that way and cause infection.
 
gambling_cruiser said:
NO! The Placebo Effect is psycho-somatic effect not PSI or so.
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Why would this be any different.

He's claiming the power of his mind is what allows him to do this.

If I give someone a sugar pill and tell them it's aspirin, it cures half of the recipients.

If I hypnotized someone with fire-resistance, would half of them resist flamage?
 
King of the Americas said:
If I hypnotized someone with fire-resistance, would half of them resist flamage?
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By default, I'll assume you're granting Fire Resistence 5. The damage from this mundane fire is probably just 1d6 per round, so actually you're saving about 83% of them from taking any damage over each six-second interval.
 
AvalonXQ said:
By default, I'll assume you're granting Fire Resistence 5. The damage from this mundane fire is probably just 1d6 per round, so actually you're saving about 83% of them from taking any damage over each six-second interval.
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I am sorry, but I don't understand...
 
The sheer landslide of "tick" debunking here is staggering...

If feels like the ticks are running from this thread, like Sampson from scissors.

Why...?
 
TjW said:
No.
But apparently you are.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

In one common placebo procedure, however, a patient is given an inert pill, told that it may improve his/her condition, but not told that it is in fact inert. Such an intervention may cause the patient to believe the treatment will change his/her condition; and this belief may produce a subjective perception of a therapeutic effect, causing the patient to feel their condition has improved. This phenomenon is known as the placebo effect.
 
King of the Americas said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

In one common placebo procedure, however, a patient is given an inert pill, told that it may improve his/her condition, but not told that it is in fact inert. Such an intervention may cause the patient to believe the treatment will change his/her condition; and this belief may produce a subjective perception of a therapeutic effect, causing the patient to feel their condition has improved. This phenomenon is known as the placebo effect.
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Based only on this quote: the placebo effect is a "subjective perception of a therapeutic effect," not an actual therapeutic effect. The patient feels his or her condition has improved. That doesn't mean the condition has improved. I can't see this working with fire. You're either on fire or you're not on fire. No subjective perception is going to make you not on fire.
 
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