Conceptual Physics: The Secret of Firewalking

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  • Paul Hewitt explains the secret of fire walking, which is Physics and not mind over matter.

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  • @carultch
    @carultch 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is more mind over instinct, than "mind over matter".
    Same as the old tablecloth inertia experiment. A beginner with no practice, is likely to hesitate and not pull the tablecloth fast enough. You need mind over instinct, to avoid hesitating.

  • @univertraining
    @univertraining 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you explain people that get badly burned? Have you done it?
    Very good explanation. Thanks

  • @Icemanactual
    @Icemanactual 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    If they stay on it for too long or if the wood is contaminated with metals or other materials that transfer heat to your foot much faster.

  • @DigGil3
    @DigGil3 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think that water will actually protect you better by creating a vapour "skin" on the contact areas between the feet and the coal.

    • @wilsjane
      @wilsjane 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is not true, since the water on your feet is a good conductor of heat.
      The problem with firewalking is that fear causes you to sweat and this can have the same effect as the water.
      People who pinch their cigarettes out all the time never get blisters, but when someone attempts it as a dare at a party, they mostly end up with a burn. It is the same principal.

  • @ChyeahWill
    @ChyeahWill 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fire walking done in Fiji is done with stones not coals, so not really sure whether we can apply this same Physics methodology to stones which are actually made of good conducting materials.

  • @randylundgren2616
    @randylundgren2616 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is not so much that firewalking doesn't burn your feet, it is that people sometimes get badly burnt doing this. But not everybody gets burnt...There have been many cases of people accidently stepping into a campfire and getting badly burnt requiring skin grafting.... So the question of the thermal conductivity of wood, is not what makes firewalking possible. The vikings walked on hot chains and the Kahunas in Hawaii walk on the lava flow.... The reason firewalking has persisted for thousands of years is because it works....

  • @simran_kaur963
    @simran_kaur963 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    he teach college or school

  • @willrocksBR
    @willrocksBR 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:47 THA THA THA THAT

  • @josephsmith8673
    @josephsmith8673 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    $300.00? How about $3000.00 or more.

  • @heartempath
    @heartempath 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you obviously have never done this yourself. sorry. I have on a few occasions. not for hundreds of dollars. for nothing. It is not wood heated to the temperature of a frying pan in the oven. it is wood that had been burning for hours until it is NO LONGER plain wood. it is a long, spread out heep of bright orange coals. lift that out of an oven with your bare hand some time! hey, I dare you to put one finger onto coals so hot they would grill a hamburger not even touching them in a very short time. put you have under the grill some time and lay it ever so gently on the coals... then, after you have done that, imagine putting the weight of your entire body on it. a heep of coals now, so hot that it is even hard to stand too close to it, blasting heat. when you step onto it and are indecisive or frightened, you burn the hell out of your foot. I know people that were burnt. one was pulled into the coals by a spouse. not pretty. but when you are ready something clicks and you don't feel the heat. you walk to the edge. you step on to the coals. full weight. next foot. full weight. step. step. the red hot coals crunch under your foot, you can feel every part of the foot in full contact, the ball, the entire arch, the heel, between the toes. it feels like very crumbly wood chips and saw dust. it makes a crunching sound. the coals on all sides and glimmering and cracking and glowing. you walk firmly and slowly an entire five meter distance. then you step off into the grass. when you inspect your feet there is nothing. smooth and healthy and normal.
    if you really are a scientist you will learn the art of doing it, not just talking about it and then...
    I actually would really love to know the new and actually scientific ideas you would come up with.

  • @heartempath
    @heartempath 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you obviously have never done this yourself. sorry. I have on a few occasions. not for hundreds of dollars. for nothing. It is not wood heated to the temperature of a frying pan in the oven. it is wood that had been burning for hours until it is NO LONGER plain wood. it is a long, spread out heep of bright orange coals. lift that out of an oven with your bare hand some time! hey, I dare you to put one finger onto coals so hot they would grill a hamburger not even touching them in a very short time. put you have under the grill some time and lay it ever so gently on the coals... then, after you have done that, imagine putting the weight of your entire body on it. a heep of coals now, so hot that it is even hard to stand too close to it, blasting heat. when you step onto it and are indecisive or frightened, you burn the hell out of your foot. I know people that were burnt. one was pulled into the coals by a spouse. not pretty. but when you are ready something clicks and you don't feel the heat. you walk to the edge. you step on to the coals. full weight. next foot. full weight. step. step. the red hot coals crunch under your foot, you can feel every part of the foot in full contact, the ball, the entire arch, the heel, between the toes. it feels like very crumbly wood chips and saw dust. it makes a crunching sound. the coals on all sides and glimmering and cracking and glowing. you walk firmly and slowly an entire five meter distance. then you step off into the grass. when you inspect your feet there is nothing. smooth and healthy and normal. I am not selling this. it is something very ancient and part of most old cultures. it is really an extraordinary experience
    if you really are a scientist you will learn the art of doing it, not just talking about it and then...
    I actually would really love to know the new and actually scientific ideas you would come up with.

    • @tesconstamylo
      @tesconstamylo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if these rocks are pebel stones and they Keep their moisture so less heat is given of from them, so less heat is received by you bear feet?

    • @calknight
      @calknight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tesconstamylo Perhaps there is something protective in the feet themselves. If you go from a cold environment to a hot environment, like going from AC to an outside area that's in the 100's of degrees, it takes a moment for your body to register the change. It may be a similar principle here.
      On Mythbusters they did a thing where they stuck their hand in water, and then dipped it into molten lead. It was instantaneous, but they were still unharmed.
      In videos I've seen on it, at least in some areas, they do a thing where someone rides their back and they stop down as they cross. Perhaps they are stopping out the fire, the true source of heat, or coating their feet in ash.

    • @tesconstamylo
      @tesconstamylo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calknight maybe 🤔

  • @heartempath
    @heartempath 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you obviously have never done this yourself. sorry. I have on a few occasions. not for hundreds of dollars. for nothing. It is not wood heated to the temperature of a frying pan in the oven. it is wood that had been burning for hours until it is NO LONGER plain wood. it is a long, spread out heep of bright orange coals. lift that out of an oven with your bare hand some time! hey, I dare you to put one finger onto coals so hot they would grill a hamburger not even touching them in a very short time. put you have under the grill some time and lay it ever so gently on the coals... then, after you have done that, imagine putting the weight of your entire body on it. a heep of coals now, so hot that it is even hard to stand too close to it, blasting heat. when you step onto it and are indecisive or frightened, you burn the hell out of your foot. I know people that were burnt. one was pulled into the coals by a spouse. not pretty. but when you are ready something clicks and you don't feel the heat. you walk to the edge. you step on to the coals. full weight. next foot. full weight. step. step. the red hot coals crunch under your foot, you can feel every part of the foot in full contact, the ball, the entire arch, the heel, between the toes. it feels like very crumbly wood chips and saw dust. it makes a crunching sound. the coals on all sides and glimmering and cracking and glowing. you walk firmly and slowly an entire five meter distance. then you step off into the grass. when you inspect your feet there is nothing. smooth and healthy and normal. I am not selling this. it is something very ancient and part of most old cultures. it is really an extraordinary experience
    if you really are a scientist you will learn the art of doing it, not just talking about it and then...
    I actually would really love to know the new and actually scientific ideas you would come up with.