Quote Originally Posted by Xaqaria View Post
This is the definition of close-mindedness. You present a situation in which the reality of it could be tested, but then you draw your own conclusion without ever actually performing the test. You already believe your assumptions to be correct; therefore your mind is closed to all other possibilities.

My argument was based on the REALITY that people have been burned. If the answer was so simple that the surface of the coal isn't hot enough to burn - then no one should get burned. My argument was based on another scientific research - that measured the surfaced temperature of the coal - and found it to be hot enough to burn anyone. But not everyone was burned.

I didn't deny all other possibilities. But you find it necessary to toss insults.