How Does Coal Walking Work?
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2024
- While some claim walking on hot coals is mind over matter, there's actually a science to not burning yourself, involving conductivity and insulation.
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Okay BrainStuff. It’s me, Jonathan. Let’s say you’re in northern Greece, or Bulgaria, or maybe Polynesia... and some villagers convince you that, “Y’know what? Walking barefoot through fire can’t be that bad… I’m willing to risk third degree burns to participate in their bonding ritual… thereby demonstrating the awesome power of my faith.”
But is it really “mind over matter” like some people say? How do people walk on hot coals without burning their feet?
Here’s the good news! There is a scientific answer. It involves heat conduction and insulation. For it to work, coal walkers light the fire well ahead of time and let it burn down to non-flaming coals.
I repeat: they’re walking on coals. Not fire. The embers can still exceed 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, but with the right preparation, those trained can cross without burning their flesh.
See, the lightweight carbon structure of coal is actually a poor conductor of heat. This means it takes longer for the heat to transfer to human skin than a good conductor, like say... a burning metal pan. Water also has a high thermal capacity, which is why coal walkers let the wood burn down first, so the embers don’t retain water.
It also helps coal walkers to pat down and spread the coals, so there’s a flat surface that prevents their feet from digging in and scooping up hotter embers.
If they keep moving, each step should absorb relatively little heat. That’s why they’re “coal walkers” and not “coal standers,” otherwise their feet would sink and burn like bacon.
Finally, you ever notice how most coal walking is done at night? That’s because coal walkers cover their path with a layer of ash. If the sun were up you’d see this.
But at night, the glow is still visible through the layer. Ash is also poor at conducting heat. It blocks some of the warmth coming from the coals, transferring the heat even more slowly to your feet.
Even with this information about conduction and insulation, coal walking can still be dangerous. Sometimes a hot coal might get stuck to a foot. Tripping and falling can even be fatal. And watch out for misinformation about the physical principles behind this stunt. There are some claims out there that are simply not true and I wouldn’t want any BrainStuff fans to get hurt.
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Pam did it.
Phantom 1 the exact reason I'm here 😂
Phantom 1 They should've went to her art show.
lol
So glad to see I'm not the only one here because of that.
I was watching that episode
Coal walking is nothing! Try walking on legos!
I like Guns best comment.
Lol
Its a extremely good conductor of pain
Or those little houses in a Monopoly set!
So what do you think the surface temperature is? And u think it’s under the limits of human tolerance ?
“The mind has to wrap around the foot” -Micheal Scott
Well I definitely think its mind over matter because they're smart enough to use science. Sounds like using mind to over matter to me.
Indeed. Just enjoying people making others believe they're overcoming physical adversity with mental fortitude when instead they're simply using intelligence. Good ole ingenuity
+Gwolfsoun people do not cover the coals in ash that is BS
I think that their is a scientific explanation for mind over matter when it comes to fire. If you chopped your foot with an axe, no amount of positive thought would avoid injury, leaving me wonering why mind over matter seems to be confined to fire. Damp skin conducts heat quite quickly and the moisture transferes the heat like flux in a solder joint, but dry skin does not. Since fear causes you to sweat, removal of the fear will result in yous skin being dryer. I lived with open fires for many years and when the newspaper that I was using to draft them caught alight, I crushed it out with my bare hands, I also put my cigarettes out with my fingers and never seem to get blisters. A few months ago I was chatting to friends and the general conclusion was that after the years my hands had simply toughened up. When a couple of my friends decided to try putting a cigarette out, the ones who 'just did it' did not get any serious damage, while one girl who was sceptical hessitated for several minutes. By the time that she did it, adrenalin had made her hands clammy and she ended up with a blister. I think that the explanations to fire walking are a lot simpler than we realise.
Have you ever done it?
What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
I would like to see you doing don't explain it by talking
Exactly 🤣🤣
I think Bill Nye did it, so yeah it's just science.
It's science.
I did it :)
Everybody got the science unless burning coal is in front of them, the moment they see burning coal all the science will go away period.
I’m pretty sure this got patched in 12.3.5
*1.14.3
I would suggest that it IS mind over matter to some extent. A person has to summon up the courage to walk on the coals. But it takes the same kind of courage to skydive or bungee jump.
I believe the practice of walking on coals is based in conquering ones fear... Peace love your work. Thank you!
Wow what else do believe little boy/girl ? did jeusus die for your sins and are horoscopes the planets telling our future?
@@steveanton763 dude chill he wasn't wrong. My culture does ome of these rituals and i totally believe this.
I have walk 3 times in one night and by the next day my feet were healing up because of how strong was my connection between me and the mother nature. It's more spiritual than mind.
The power of the Phoenix ❤️
It's not spiritual or mind, it's science, watch the video lol
I do hot metal sheet walking
Sad Guroo 😱
I do molten metal swimming.
@@hi-no2zx I do lava deepdiving, noobs
@@loriscolangeli6142 You are not a man until you have sunbathed... In the sun.
In my home country (Reunion Island), Hindu people walk on coals. Some of them walk very slowly and others run through it. It's still pretty amazing.
Ya. Much more Indian people also they do same thing on temple festivals.
The scientific explanation makes sense - but as the primative part of the human brain, hard wired though thousands of years of evolution, does not understand the science, being faced with the prospect of walking barefoot on hot coals is very scary!!
So it's about the psychological benefit of breaking through the fear and belief that it is not possible to do this without getting burned.
I've done this twice myself it's an exhilerating and empowering experience.. Maybe not a case of mind over matter, but certainly mind over fear and limitations.
It does have to be done with the right support from a trained team and supervision, to ensure people are ready and 'in state' before attempting this - definitely a case of 'don't try this at home'!
When i was little, my dad used to walk in the snow in bare feet and stir boiling food on the stove with his fingers. i asked him how he does it and he said "you build up a tolerance to it." So i figured it was normal for adults and i too built up enough tolerance. Years later, i found out that he was always drunk but i dont even care cause now, i can do things normal people cant 😁
What? that's an amazing story,
Bruh this made my night, this is hilarious good for you
If youre interested, look up "Beqa firewalking", "firewalker"s walk over hot stones, yes stone, so its a better conductor than coals. Its a practice unique to the people of Beqa in the Fiji Islands.
Thanks. So to safely "firewalk", have a good amount of charcoal no longer burning, just glowing, spread it evenly on a stone floor, cover it with a layer of ash and walk on it (and do it at night because only then you see the glow)?
I'd love to do this for entertainment at a group event next summer if I find volunteers to participate. But I don't want to be responsible for injuries. I'm already more resistant to hot road surfaces than most others I know, so I'm confident I'd remain unhurt.
When i was jung, i used to blacksmith barefooted.
One day i felt a weird sensation in my foot.
And sure enough when i watched later on,
I had an triangular dentation of about 2 mm depth in my foot from a glowing coal.
When you always walk barefoot, your feet will develope a thick and durable layer of skin underneath.
💯 % pure science. I have tested it and all these explanations matches. Good job
My sister just went to a Tony Robbins coal walking seminar. 12-18 hours a day to be brainwashed and walk on coal. I wanted to find out the science behind it. Thank you.
We Frost exactly! These guys celebrate like they have achieved glory! Some people are gullible it’s ok
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs 6:28
when i was young my dad said watch out for the hot coals and then i wasn’t paying attention and walked through and didn’t notice a thing until he told me then i started crying
Man's not hot confirmed
If you think about it fire walking is actually the oldest party game there is.
I've actually burned my feet recently with 1st 2nd and 3rd degree and I now think this is so damn stupid. Plus they were ashes and I DID cook like bacon. (I also had to run through it to get out.)
so if you walk on water it makes you jesus, but when you walk on fire does that make you the anti christ?!?
Your logic is sound
This was talked about on MythBusters, but great video anyways.
Anyone here after watching Benzinga youtube series...Guess we think alike and you're probably smart
Tony Robbins?
Yeah I was trying to see if there was any deleted scenes of the office here my bad
I have done it, I just zone out the pain, I probably did it wrong according to this video, but it did hurt, I just had to zone out the pain.
*tHe duDe iN tHe tHUmBnAIl iS fROm mYThbUsTeRS*
Idk what video was it, I am still trying to find it, there is a UA-camr that captured a video of people walking on Hot Coals, till somehow, accidentally a cat hops on it and it doesnt looks hurt hurt the cat did a quick run from it til it hops away from the hot coal... if anyone recognize who’s video am I mentioning Please comment his Channel name 🙏
I have done it and it truly is mind over matter, in fact i have done it multiple times. neither time have i gotten a fire kiss.
did you not watch the video lmao, he literally says IT DOESN'T HURT
The coals are at 400ºC-500ºC - if coal is such a poor conductor a) why is used for barbecues and b) how come other media are used i.e. lava, sheet metal or heated rocks? It's conducted when the sun goes down for effect - most people will not believe the incredible feet they have a achieved when they don't see the glowing coals. Length of the firewalk - as an instructor I did a 40ft firewalk which would rule out duration on the coals. Finally, people buring themselves on the second pass when the coals should be cooler but they will tell you that they did it 'because everyone else was doing it but I didn't really want to' which is the mindset end of things. Keep up the great work.
I learned about this trick on the tv show,Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Damn I miss that show :/
I learned about this trick on the movie Aladdin.
Dude, they even EAT red hot coal.. not just walk on it!
I think There is more explanation than what it has been said,
There are some people who can more control of their body,
When they walk on fire they can stop the cell that responsible to inform the brain from pain
I did a coal walk at a Tony Robbins seminar last night. Although I understood the science behind it, it was still quite intense. I think science and appropriate mental states/approaches aren't mutually exclusive.
Do you think it has to do with the mind? What did you tell you self and how long did it took you to focus to get it done?
well, if you seatch for videos of it, most of the videos you'll find do actually have people walking on fire, not just ambers
Well it's still mind over matter, you may still have 3rd degree burns but you can train your mind to take the pain. Look at the guy who volunteered to burn alive in Vietnam for a protest. Witnesses say he didn't even make a sound, it's insane what a dedicated individual can do.
Hey buddy I'm from india .. in my hometown they used to walk on coal for compensation wid god ... It's our culture ... Even I have donethis 2 times ... But I wanna know is there any benefit of coal walking ?
This video sounds like yet another claim.
Soo helpful thanks for this video😊
BS. I stepped on ONE hot coal left out from my dad grilling, and it was the worst pain of my life. I had a huge, hard blister on my foot for two weeks. Couldn’t wear shoes to school
walk that talk jonathan
I walked on two metre high fire 🔥 years back in Fiji, didn't felt single heat . Keep your science to yourself.
You should condition your feet first it takes only a month and the great thing about it is when I play at 13 parkour/ running bare foot I can play on pine needles jump on sharded glass jump off a 10 foot drop into wood chips do it over and over. I was 5' 6 at the time. And then winter came in I still went it wasn't as fun. Then I went in the creek dry bed. And I step in a pile of leaves fell down. And a big stick dug into my skin pulled up. And I cut my foot open. I bleed for 2 hours straight. Before going to the hospital. Annnnndd got stitches which actually didn't hurt. I felt the pain but it's not bad. Like people let on.
Didn't even demonstrate
I have seen where this gies wrong and people getting 3rd degree burns, but people say they were evil etc..
Impressive.
when you step on lego
*IMPOSSIBLE*
Great video. I have conducted several fire walks over the years, with martial arts groups I have been involved with. I have used the experience to put the "mind over matter" rituals used by faith groups and personal growth organizations into perspective. By enabling a person to experience the powerful psychological effect of "walking fire", and then -- afterward -- explaining the physical / physiological reality of the exercise, encourages discussion, debate and practical education among participants.
Due to varied shape and un uniformity of the coal never entirely spread on your feat at rapid.pace you have little contact inflict that kind of damage its more like a man who lie on nail bed
some people walk on red hot metal grills without getting burnt. Some people can extinguish cigarettes on their skin without getting burnt. Science explains some of it but there is definitely an un explained side to this apparently related to ones state of mind www.firewalking.com/research/theory/
The bottom of the foot is covered with a layer of more durable skin also.
Coal walkers are such cheaters.
Littledude514 well he didn't walk 7 metres like firewalkers do and still could stand on bare feet😡😡
Of course mind over matter. An unprepared mind midway may panic and stand still or dig deeper to accelerate.
I always thought it was just a trick. Thanks for doing this video!
There is no trick. There is only ignorance.
It will be great if you could come to India and try it once in our temples as per your scientific explanation
If this guy knows so much then why doesn't he give a demonstration?
Exactly, hes full of 💩
Whatever happened to 'the leidenfrost effect'?
As an explanation for protection during coal-walking, it seems to have fallen out of fashion.
elmonte5lim The "leidenfrost effect" seems to better explain how you can put your hand into liquid nitrogen (for short periods) and not have your hand freeze solid, rather than explaining coal walking, because Jearl Walker used the condition of having 'wet feet' for coal walking. Notice that coal walking can be done _without_ wet feet, so other explanations are needed. Hence, the explanation using poor thermal conductivity.
Additionally, consider the weight of the human body forcing the feet onto the hot coals is likely to overcome the small repelling force created by the leidenfrost effect. But, when you put your hand into liquid nitrogen, the force created by the bubbles and the leidenfrost effect is enough to push the liquid away from your skin.
Why does white roads ( Concrete ) make so much noise than Dark roads..?
concrete is more rigid than ashphalt
well why do people burn sometimes?
I stepped on coal before. That shit hurt. Why don't you go try it. These Asian people feets have large rough callous from walking bear foots all the time. If, we try to walk through coal. I can guarantee you'll get 3rd degrees burn
This is Dionysiac rites from ancient Greece
It's not leidenfost effect?
I stepped on hot coal by accident man that’s some pain. I could walk a day later though
Very nice
Start with a hot cup of tea 😅
No, no, no. The only logical explanation is if you manifest not being burned. Of course Tony Robbins must be in the room. Only then it will work.
The secret is,just don't stay your feet into hot coal in 2 seconds to prevent burn and Pain
Wrong. God protects them because they have faith.
(Just kidding)
I'm NOT kidding! God protects! God loves you all!
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs 6:28
@@billyreynolds4749 Bruh moment
Ohh! I thought leidenfrost effect.
I prefer to walk over red led lights . No pain at all and no need for ash. I am using my mind over matter !
Aladdin brought me here!
I have a coal walking trip and I’m scared
It's not totally science. And more importantly Mind over matter is also part of psychology which itself is a science
This is interesting facts
Hot legos is impossible
Ok, why don’t you show us?
Hot sand is still hotter
Yeah? Show me. Go ahead and give it a try. If it's science, if the coals are "poor conductors of heat" why do why do so many people get 3rd degree burns. And why don't you prove your theory by giving it a try?
Patrick Freeman because if u try to run you will put on more weight on your foot. Poor conductor doesnt mean zero conductor. Walk quickly but steadily and nothing will happen unless some of the burning coal gets stuck to your feet then it will hurt.
Very very nice
so you telling me people are cheating when they do this
Try walking on ice cubes
I've got a prosthetic leg so I think I'd just skip.
Stop talking. Go and join them.See with your own eyes.That event was not held in the night.It is in the evening.How hot?At least 15 to 20 feet away from it.
Have you seen putting nail,long pin ,sharp hook through the tongue,from left cheek to right cheek.
Pulling the ox card without oxen.3 sharp hooks nipping the back of a woman .She pulled the card.slight bleeding from hooks attached skin area,
Have you seen man climbing the machetes steps ladder with bare feet?
There are many many things that our brains and science can not explain.
very very very nice
"Coal is a poor conductor of heat". Have you ever tried doing a BBQ?
There is a difference between heat conduction and heat radiation.
Or are you rubbing the burning coals against your steak when you're havin a BBQ?
I think that science answers is not 100 percent and this being a religious practice and belief it should remain without science intervening
3,901 views ...212 likes (apathy) 3 thumbs down (same % stats as votes for Putin) It comes to me that Der Vogelbaum might have some thoughts on "juicing up" the stats??
I'm here because Pam should be Michael's boss
Okay if thats all there is to it then YOU do it.
I agree with you 100%
I wish UA-cam allowed memes. Pictures r better then words
Only for unintelligent people, or others with a short attention span of a 5 year old kid with ADD.
Tman Goodguy there are 8 different Intelligences. People who prefer visuals are not unintelligent. Your comment, not that was unintelligent. It's just like saying you yourself are unintelligent because you're watching a video about waking in coals instead of reading about it.
C Piszel "your comment, not that was unintelligent" You struggle with putting intelligent sentences together? You must have exerted shit tons of energy just thinking that hard.
C Piszel comment was 85 weeks ago too dipshit why did I even respond... that's literally more than a year ago
Teacher show us you do it to
Why the fuck would you walk on hot coal
I just did it on a fire...
Okay thank u
Nice work exposing the "magic"!
i still consider it somewhat mind over matter. at least, that AND the science of it. when people give into their fears when approaching something scary, something counter intuitive....its natural for people to hesitate. as said in this video, that hesitation can mean injury caused from breaking a fast enough stride to prevent burning. in that case....your minds choice to just keep going depite the fear is ALSO what keeps you from getting burned, along with the science. just imo.
That sounds more like mind over the very same mind.
Hmm was on natgeo yesterday
You spoilt the magic...