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Boiling is supposed to be painless and it’s meaning behind “boiling a frog alive”.
by lanevorockz 5y ago
Boiling is supposed to be painless and it’s meaning behind “boiling a frog alive”.
- User23 5y agoA steam bath was considered to be one of the most painless forms of suicide for Roman patricians.
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoI have just heard about Seneca dying in a stem bath, but that was more by accident (he committed suicide by cutting his wrists but that was taking too long so he wanted the heat to speed up blood extraction. He however died of suffocation) How was that suicide supposed to work? (suffocation like Seneca did?)
- xvilka 5y agoMy small experience with being burned by hot or acidic liquid tells me exactly the opposite.
- Chris2048 5y agoThe anecdote is specific to frogs (and animals with similar sensory systems), and specific to boiling by increasing the temperature in small increments. It's also a myth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog Interesting that early experiments involved removing the frogs brain as well.