SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoDoes blowing on our hot food before we put it into our mouths actually make a difference to how hot it is?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDoes blowing on our hot food before we put it into our mouths actually make a difference to how hot it is?SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
I’m thinking that no, it doesn’t. Which begs the question of why we do it? Is it a psychological thing?
minus-squareorthen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYes, it does. By blowing over it, you evaporate some of its water, which cools it down. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy_of_vaporization
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThank you. I think I saw a show 20 or so years ago that tried to debunk this and obviously either they messed up, or I wasn’t paying attention. (The show was called Brainiac).
minus-squarelittleblue✨@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYou’ve been unclear on a fundamental concept of basic physics for ~20 years? Because a TV show said so? 😶
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoI mean it was called Brainiac and it did have John Tickle walking on top of a pool of custard. Are you suggesting I was wrong to use that as my foundation for all knowledge??
Yes, it does. By blowing over it, you evaporate some of its water, which cools it down. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy_of_vaporization
Thank you.
I think I saw a show 20 or so years ago that tried to debunk this and obviously either they messed up, or I wasn’t paying attention.
(The show was called Brainiac).
You’ve been unclear on a fundamental concept of basic physics for ~20 years? Because a TV show said so? 😶
I mean it was called Brainiac and it did have John Tickle walking on top of a pool of custard. Are you suggesting I was wrong to use that as my foundation for all knowledge??