• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And 40°C is the melting point of the human brain.

    Which goes some way towards explaining some of the decisions happening in Florida, Texas and Arizona during their ridiculously hot summers…

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      1 year ago

      I understand and appreciate your joke, but is it really? And I imagine that the bones and skin would melt first, right? Idk. I’ve never considered that someone could melt from the inside.

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        1 year ago

        Not literally, no, but it can be very difficult to concentrate on anything else when you’re suffering under immense heat and a lack of concentration can lead to a figurative brain meltdown.

        That being said, the brain is mostly fluid, fat and electric connections so it would DEFINITELY melt long before your bones.

        Would have to be around 50-60°C for the 60% of it that’s fat to hypothetically melt if exposed directly to the heat rather than protected by the skull and cooled down by the blood, but that’s nothing compared to the 1670°C melting point of human bones.

        Btw, I hope you’re happy with this reply since my Google search history looks rather grisly now 😂