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250 words on your views related to this article. Article 2: Firewalking: Magic or Science? For millennia people have been amazed at the ability of Eastern mystics to walk across beds of glowing coals without any apparent discomfort. Even in the United States, thousands of people have performed feats of firewalking as part of motivational seminars. How can this be possible? Do firewalkers have supernatural powers? Actually, there are good scientific explanations of why firewalking is possible. First, human tissue is mainly composed of water, which has a relatively high specific heat capacity. This means that a large amount of energy must be transferred from the coals to change significantly the temperature of the feet. During the brief contact between feet and coals involved in firewalking, there is relatively little time for energy flow, so the feet do not reach a high enough temperature to cause damage. Also, although the surface of the coals has a very high temperature, the red-hot layer is very thin. Therefore, the quantity of energy available to heat the feet is smaller than might be expected. Thus, although firewalking is impressive, there are several scientific reasons why anyone with the proper training should be able to do it on a properly prepared bed of coals. (Don’t try this on your own!)

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Firewalking: Magic or Science

Firewalking is part of human civilizations for a long period and it is a kind of entertainment for the large section of people still today. It is mostly preferred by tribal groups in the world because of the entertaining nature of firewalking and also due to the struggle and then completing the whole walk on burning fires. If we see the present situation of the world especially it is done by the less developed regions because we have a lot of other forms of entertainment in the present times.

People who enjoy this game see this as magic, not as a science because it is fancy for them to get amazed to see the people walking on fire. Yet we know that it is scientific but generations are using this as magic because it is more entertaining then cause and effect of science and when people know this then the real charm of this game will vanish.

This is a common game of the present world also but trained people are doing by taking the training and other precautionary measures out of it. But the real entertainment is all about the magic not the science of this game.