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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: More on the Interesting Seminar
Message-ID: <4372@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 15:06:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 18 15:06:00 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Mar-85 02:31:58 EST
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Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner)
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In article <330@boulder.UUCP> root@boulder.UUCP (Boulder Rootsie) writes:
>
>I have received numerous theories as to why peoples feet dont burn.  I would
>like to reply to some of them.  First, as far as I know, there is NO 
>scientific explaination for firewalking.  We know how to do it but have no
>pat explaination as to why the feet dont burn.
>

As part of step-up day for high school seniors, professors from the Physics
department at UCLA walk on hot coals and perform other "unexplainable" feats.
They aren't doing it to fleece people out of their money, either.

						-- Scott Turner