How I Know?
Most of what I know comes from experience and perception. I am never satisfied by things passed on to me by word of mouth with no validity. Anytime I am/was struck by curiosity, I simply just do a bit of experimentation, research and inquiry.
What I Know?
As a display, I'll share how I know a human being can't survive in Antarctica nude. Doing research (both recent searches on Scientific America), the average temperature in Antarctica is -89.2 C(-128.6 F). The average body temperature of a human is 36.8 C(98.2 F) (common knowledge). It is already hazardous for your body temperature to go below 96 F (recent hospital visit for low blood pressure enlightened me on this) so it is safe to say there you will die in a matter of ten minute intervals. To get more technical, being nude in a cold climate will cause your body to get tense and numb. Your hands or feet or both can get inflicted with frostbite if untreated and I know that from experience (playing in the snow one day without gloves or shoes). Frostbite will hinder you from being able to seek/build shelter, search for food or find aid of any sort. The waters of the arctic are freezing cold and can kill you. From watching The Day After Tomorrow(a movie with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhall), I know that the waters in the Atlantic Ocean (5 C, 41 F) can kill you in 10-20 mins with clothes on, so without it is shortened to 2. From loss of nutrition and water, you life expectancy shortens to about 6 days considering these conditions (7-8 weeks in regular conditions).
From what I understand, you know what you know because of different things you have experienced. Some of them were through the media or personal experiences. Somehow you were able to explain this while explaining how running nude in the cold will kill you. :/
ReplyDelete