The Boston Globe yesterday ran a story on the front of its “Living/Arts” section about the reporter’s evening at a fire walking session. For $95 the Globe journalist was helped to find the spiritual strength within that allowed her to walk over hot coals without pain or scarring.

I’m no scientist but I’m sure someone will correct me when I say: What a load of crap! Isn’t the “miracle” of fire walking due simply to the fact that hot, ash-covered coals don’t transfer heat very quickly? I mean, I can put my hand into an oven for a few seconds without getting burned even though the air inside is 375 degrees, but if I touch the aluminum pan inside, I burn immediately because aluminum transfers heat much more quickly than air does. Same temperature but one burns and the other doesn’t. No spiritual/mystical explanation required.

The Globe ought to be ashamed of itself for spreading this type of crap.

[Alternative last line: Hey, Globe, put it in a blog!]

Virgil Iliescu has put it in a blog.

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