I'll need a well written, reviewed paper to believe that bumping the thermostat up by a few degrees is going to kill me.
That's a pretty silly statement. Your body has very little tolerance to temperature change. Only a "few degrees" up and you enter into potentially fatal hyperpyrexia. Now blood is reasonably good at cooling the body, but when you're heating sensitive parts directly who knows what will happen. Evolution does. Ever wonder why testicles are outside the body? You probably didn't guess "climate control" as sperm are just one of the many cells which are completely intolerant to temperature change.
Now as to if a mobile phone can cause such heating.... lol.
Seconded.
I've had a sun stroke, I did notice my head (wearing a cap) got uncomfortably hot, but there was no shade in sight. 1 day of puking and staying in the shade with a fever set me straight. And I'm quite sure there is tissue damage involved in such cases. I'm also sure that doesn't happen without any feeling of discomfort.
Still non-ionizing (Score:-1)
FUD...
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Did you know that burns are not ionizing radiation?
Did you know that long term heating of tissues in your head can damage those tissues?
No, I didn't think you did.
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When's the last time you got a burn from using a cell phone (unless you had one of those Samsungs from a few years back)?
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I mean, he's making a statement that cuts across the actual medical definition. Some burns are caused by ionizing radiation, and others are not.
A burn is defined by the denaturing of proteins. This starts around 114 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 573.67 Rankine).
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I'll need a well written, reviewed paper to believe that bumping the thermostat up by a few degrees is going to kill me.
Re:Still non-ionizing (Score:3)
I'll need a well written, reviewed paper to believe that bumping the thermostat up by a few degrees is going to kill me.
That's a pretty silly statement. Your body has very little tolerance to temperature change. Only a "few degrees" up and you enter into potentially fatal hyperpyrexia. Now blood is reasonably good at cooling the body, but when you're heating sensitive parts directly who knows what will happen. Evolution does. Ever wonder why testicles are outside the body? You probably didn't guess "climate control" as sperm are just one of the many cells which are completely intolerant to temperature change.
Now as to if a mobile phone can cause such heating. ... lol.
Re: Still non-ionizing (Score:2)
I've had a sun stroke, I did notice my head (wearing a cap) got uncomfortably hot, but there was no shade in sight. 1 day of puking and staying in the shade with a fever set me straight. And I'm quite sure there is tissue damage involved in such cases. I'm also sure that doesn't happen without any feeling of discomfort.